Skid Resistance Deterioration and Influencing Factors of Ultra-Thin Wear Layer

To accurately evaluate the decay process, mechanism and influencing factors of anti-sliding performance of asphalt ultra-thin wear layer after opening to traffic, this study first used arc mold and its supporting wheel grinding mechanism to prepare arc-shaped ultra-thin wear layer specimens. Then, it carried out the accelerated loading test of asphalt ultra-thin wear layer specimens with four gradation types and three asphalt binder grades by driving wheel accelerated loading system. Finally, it scanned the specimens after a certain number of wheel loads by laser texture scanner. Combined with the test data, the macro and micro structure depth decay models of asphalt ultra-thin wear layer based on S-type function were established respectively, and the independent and coupling effects of each porosity and asphalt binder on skid resistance were analyzed based on grey correlation analysis. The experimental results show that the driving wheel accelerated loading system combined with the S-type function model can quantitatively evaluate and predict the evolution process of the performance of the asphalt ultra-thin wear layer. The porosity affects the early decay rate of the macro and micro structural depth of the ultra-thin wear layer. The larger the porosity, the greater the early decay rate of the macro and micro structural depth of the ultra-thin wear layer. The middle and late decay rate of macrostructure depth is more affected by the grade of asphalt binder. The higher the performance grade of asphalt binder, the slower the decay rate of macrostructure depth in the middle and late stages. Void ratio and asphalt binder grade have similar influence on the decay rate of the micro-structure depth of the ultra-thin wear layer in the middle and late stage. Therefore, when designing the anti-sliding performance of the ultra-thin wear layer, it is beneficial to select the open-graded ultra-thin wear layer mixture with large porosity for the anti-sliding durability of the pavement, and the performance grade of asphalt binder can be reasonably selected according to the traffic volume. © 2024 South China University of Technology. All rights reserved.