Publications

The starting point for this review was the recently-published Austroads Guidelines for the Management of Road Surface Skid Resistance. Skid resistance, which depends on both microtexture and macrotexture, is currently the road surface characteristic…

This specification provides minimum equipment, calibration, validation and survey method requirements for the conduct of network level pavement deflection testing using a Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD).

At its February 2006 meeting, Council of Australian Governments requested that a national audit of heavy vehicle Rest Areas be carried out against a nationally agreed standards (National Guidelines for Provision of Rest Area Facilities). The audited…

Over the last decade a considerable amount of research effort has been focussed on the development of a repeated load triaxial (RLT) test procedure to assist practitioners in the use of natural and marginal unbound base/subbase materials in road…

Work associated with the gyratory compaction procedure, which is part of the performance based Austroads asphalt mix design procedure, was reviewed. Studies included determination of the design cycles for different traffic levels, the effect of…

This report compares the deterioration of two pavement groups in the US-LTPP program (GPS1 and GPS2) with that of the Australian LTPP GPS1 and GPS2 pavement groups. For the non-freezing group of the GPS1 pavements, the US sections had similar…

Field testing was carried out to validate the K factors of the ball penetration test and found generally comparable trends to the previously determined laboratory data. Consequently, a replacement K factor (0.06) was recommended for fatty roads and…

This report provides a literature review on the analyses of the flow breakdown process on a freeway. It begins with the basic freeway flow theory and automatic freeway control tools now in operation. The factors that contribute to flow breakdowns on…

This report summarises the best practice for the improvement of the level of service of freight vehicles, on-road public transport, high-occupancy vehicles and emergency vehicles.