PURPOSES : The retroreflectivity of pavement markings for road safety was evaluated. METHODS : Field tests of pavement markings, which are characters, symbols, crosswalks, and stop lines, but do not include line markings, were conducted using a portable retroreflectometer with the purpose of evaluating the retroreflectivity according to the type of pavement markings and roads. Furthermore, changes in retroreflectivity due to wheel passing and wet conditions were evaluated. Here, 192 test points for evaluating the retroreflectivity of pavement markings, 5 test points for evaluating reductions in retroreflectivity during conditions of wetness, and 28 test points for checking variability due to type of testing device were selected on major and minor arterial roads in Seoul. RESULTS : The average retroreflectivity of pavement markings measured in this study was 115.7 (mcd/m2·lux), which is lower than the minimum retroreflectivity required six months after installation but higher than the minimum remarking retroreflectivity required by Seoul city. The retroreflectivity of pavement markings measured on minor arterial roads was 69.1% of that on major arterial roads. The average retroreflectivity of pavement markings was reduced to 43.1% by wheel passing, which is below the remarking criterion. The average retroreflectivity measured on wet pavement markings was 43.7 (mcd/m2·lux), which is a ninth of that under dry conditions. The test results showed that retroreflectivity in the rain was much lower than the required value in the case of rain, which is 175 mcd/m2·lux, as issued by Seoul city. Compared with mobile retroreflectometers, a portable retroreflectometer produced 17% higher retroreflectivity based on the results of 28 test points. CONCLUSIONS : Based on the field tests, the retroreflectivity of pavement markings, i.e., characters, symbols, crosswalks, and stop lines, was higher than the average remarking criterion. However, the retroreflectivities of pavement markings passed by the wheel or in rain were lower than the remarking criteria. Considering that the remarking criteria in Seoul city are higher than those in Europe and the test results in this study indicate much lower values than those required in Seoul, further study is necessary to be able to properly modify the criteria for retroreflectivity.

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of an ultra-thin asphalt pavement as a preventive maintenance approach through laboratory tests. METHODS : An ultra-thin asphalt pavement of 2 cm wearing course thickness comprising modified asphalt and aggregate is a preventive maintenance method used for asphalt pavements. A mix design was carried out to determine the optimum aggregate gradation and asphalt contents. A dynamic immersion test was performed to evaluate the water-resistance of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement. A wet track abrasion test and a cohesion test were conducted to examine the applicability of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement in surface treatment. The performance of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement was evaluated through wheel loading tests, such as Hamburg wheel-tracking and third-scale model mobileloading simulator (MMLS-3). RESULTS : An optimum binder content of 4.9% was obtained in the ultra-thin asphalt mixture from the Marshall mix design. The waterresistance tests indicated a 70% dynamic immersion coverage rate of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement. The wet track abrasion test showed an abrasion rate of 0.0107 g/cm2, and the cohesion tests indicated a 19.0 kg·cm average cohesion at 30 min of operating time and 21.4 kg·cm average cohesion at 60 min of operating time. From the Hamburg wheel-tracking test, a 16.56 mm rut depth at 20,000 wheel passing was obtained. Finally, a 5.87 mm rut depth at 300,000 number of wheel passing was detected from the MMLS-3 test. CONCLUSIONS : The water-resistance of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement satisfied the recommended guidelines of the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. In addition, the applicability of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement as a surface treatment met the standard of the International Slurry Surfacing Association. Furthermore, the deformation performance of the ultra-thin asphalt pavement was 1.5 times better than that of the straight asphalt pavement, based on the results of the wheel-loading tests. Hence, it is estimated that an ultra-thin asphalt pavement has a high performance in the preventive maintenance of asphalt pavement, even though the cracking resistance was not evaluated in this study.

PURPOSES : This study is aimed at developing an asphalt pavement material with high elasticity and watertight through mix design and laboratory tests. METHODS: High elastic (HE) asphalt modifier blended of thermoplastic elastomer, naphthene oil, mineral fiber and organic vulcanization accelerator was developed. Mix design was done to determine the aggregate gradation and optimum asphalt content for making high elastic and watertight asphalt mixture. Performance grade test of HE-modified asphalt binder as well as asphalt mixture tests, which include the tensile strength ratio test, Hamburg wheel tracking test, third-scale model mobile loading simulator(MMLS-3) test, four-point flexural fatigue test, and Texas reflection crack test were conducted to evaluate the characteristics of the HE-modified asphalt mixture. RESULTS: 7.7% optimum binder content was determined through the mix design, which met the quality criteria of Marshall asphalt mixture. The binder test indicated that the grade of the HE-modified asphalt was PG76-28. The results of the mixture tests indicated a tensile strength ratio of 0.92 and a rut depth of 6.2 mm at 20,000 cycles of Hamburg Wheel-Tracking Test. The asphalt mixture test also showed that the rut depth of HE-modified mixture was 39% less than that of Guss asphalt mixture. The crack resistance of the HE-modified mixture was 1.65 times higher than that of the Guss asphalt mixture from the Texas reflection crack test results. CONCLUSIONS: It can therefore be reasonable that HE-modified asphalt mixture is used as an intermediate layer in the asphalt overlay on concrete pavements. Additionally, the HE-modified asphalt mixture can be used for the asphalt pavement materials with high performance and watertight.

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of fiber grid reinforcement on the thickness reduction of asphalt pavement. Test sections were constructed on the national highway to evaluate the structural capacity of asphalt pavement with the reinforced fiber grid and normal asphalt pavement. METHODS: Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) tests were performed to measure the structural capacity of test sections. The loads of the FWD test are 4.1 ton, 8.0 ton, 10.0 ton, and loaded twice, respectively. The test sections consist of a reference asphalt pavement section, an asphalt pavement section reduced with a 5-cm base layer thickness, and a fiber grid reinforced asphalt pavement section reduced with a 5-cm base layer thickness. In addition, strain data was collected using strain gauges installed in the test sections. RESULTS: The results of the FWD tests showed that the deflections of the pavement section reinforced with the fiber grid was reduced by about 14% compared with that of the reference asphalt pavement section. The strain at the bottom of the asphalt surface layer of the pavement section reduced to a 5-cm base thickness and reinforced with a fiber grid was similar to that at the bottom of the asphalt layer of the reference asphalt pavement. CONCLUSIONS : The results of the FWD and strain tests showed the possibility of the pavement thickness reduction by reinforcement with a fiber grid.

PURPOSES : This study is aimed at development of a stochastic pavement deterioration forecasting model using National Highway Pavement Condition Index (NHPCI) to support infrastructure asset management. Using this model, the deterioration process regarding life expectancy, deterioration speed change, and reliability were estimated. METHODS: Eight years of Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) data fused with traffic loads (Equivalent Single Axle Loads; ESAL) and structural capacity (Structural Number of Pavement; SNP) were used for the deterioration modeling. As an ideal stochastic model for asset management, Bayesian Markov multi-state exponential hazard model was introduced. RESULTS: The interval of NHPCI was empirically distributed from 8 to 2, and the estimation functions of individual condition indices (crack, rutting, and IRI) in conjunction with the NHPCI index were suggested. The derived deterioration curve shows that life expectancies for the preventive maintenance level was 8.34 years. The general life expectancy was 12.77 years and located in the statistical interval of 11.10-15.58 years at a 95.5% reliability level. CONCLUSIONS : This study originates and contributes to suggesting a simple way to develop a pavement deterioration model using the total condition index that considers road user satisfaction. A definition for level of service system and the corresponding life expectancies are useful for building long-term maintenance plan, especially in Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) work.

PURPOSES: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between the dielectric characteristics of asphalt mixtures and the air voids present in them using ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing. METHODS : To measure the dielectric properties of the asphalt mixtures, the reflection coefficient method and the approach based on the actual thickness of the asphalt layer were used. An air-couple-type GPR antenna with a center frequency of 1 GHz was used to measure the time for reflection from the asphalt/base layer interface. A piece of aluminum foil was placed at the interface to be able to determine the reflection time of the GPR signal with accuracy. An asphalt pavement testbed was constructed, and asphalt mixtures with different compaction numbers were tested. After the GPR tests, the asphalt samples were cored and their thicknesses and number of air voids were measured in the laboratory. RESULTS: It was found the dielectric constant of asphalt mixtures tends to decrease with an increase in the number of air voids. The dielectric constant values estimated from the reflection coefficient method exhibited a slight correlation to the number of air voids. However, the dielectric constant values measured using the approach based on the actual asphalt layer thickness were closely related to the asphalt mixture density. Based on these results, a regression equation to determine the number of air voids in asphalt mixtures using the GPR test method was proposed. CONCLUSIONS: It was concluded that the number of air voids in an asphalt mixture can be calculated based on the dielectric constant of the mixture as determined by GPR testing. It was also found that the number of air voids was exponentially related to the dielectric constant, with the coefficient of determination, R2, being 0.74. These results suggest that the dielectric constant as determined by GPR testing can be used to improve the construction quality and maintenance of asphalt pavements.

최근 아시아 개도국은 경제 활성화에 따른 도로 건설 시장의 확대, 간선도로 및 국도망의 효율적･과학 적 도로 관리를 위한 정책과 전략을 수립하고 있다. 이에 국가발전 인프라 시설 확대, 도로 포장 개선, 관 리 체계 구축과 관련된 많은 연구를 수행하고 있다. 이러한 시대적 흐름에 맞추어 이번 연구를 통하여 도 로 포장 조사 장비 개발, 최적 유지보수 공법 선정을 위한 포장 파손 분석 프로그램 개발로 글로벌 경쟁력 강화와 적정 기술 현장 적용 기회를 마련하고자 하였다. 현재 개발도상국(필리핀, 베트남 등)은 경제 활성화로 인한 교통 인프라를 확충하고 교통 체증을 해소하 고자 기반 시설인 도로 건설 및 교통시스템에 많은 예산을 투자하고 있다. 필리핀의 경우 ROCOND(Road Condition Assessment) 사업을 위한 도로 포장 조사의 자동화를 추진하고자 하며, 자동화 조사와 기존 육 안조사와의 차이점을 분석하고, 조사 자료를 검증 및 보완하기 위한 시범 사업을 올해부터 추진하는 것으 로 파악되었다. 아시아 개도국 맞춤형 도로포장관리 기술을 적용하기 위해 현지 도로 및 경제, 기후 환경 을 고려한 도로 포장 파손 평가 프로그램을 개발하고, 도입 기반을 마련하였다. 또한 필리핀과 베트남의 노동 집약적 도로 포장관리시스템 체계를 자동화로 전환하여 보다 객관적이며 정확한 도로 유지관리 체계 를 구축하는데 기여하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 프로그램은 기존의 도로 포장 파손 평가 프로그램 을 검증하여 개도국 실정에 맞게 수정･보완하였다. 세부적으로는 필리핀 현지 국도 유지 관리 및 기능 향 상을 위해 기존 포장관리시스템 조사 자료를 이용하여 개선된 포장 평가 기준과 방법을 수립하고, 향후 개 도국 뿐 아니라 유럽 및 선진국과의 교류 협력을 통해 대한민국의 포장관리시스템 및 포장 파손 평가 프로 그램의 기술을 홍보, 전파하고, 해외 도로 유지관리 시장에 진출 하고자 한다.

본 연구에서는 섬유 그리드 보강재로 인한 아스팔트 포장의 단면 감소 효과를 정량적으로 분석하기 위 해, 포장 두께를 축소하지 않은 일반 아스팔트 포장 구간(그림 1 왼쪽)과 기층 두께를 5cm 축소하고 섬유 그리드를 시공하지 않은 구간(그림 1 가운데) 및 기층 두께를 5cm 축소하고 표층 하부에 섬유 그리드를 보강하여 시공한 구간(그림 1, 오른쪽)의 거동을 FWD를 이용하여 비교･분석하였다. FWD(Falling Weight Deflectometer) 하중은 4.1톤 2회, 8.0톤 2회 및 10.0톤 2회를 재하하였다. 일 반 아스팔트 포장구간과, 기층 두께를 5cm 축소한 구간, 기층 두께를 5cm 축소하고 섬유 그리드를 보강 한 구간의 처침량 데이터를 수집하였고, 동시에 시험구간 포장체 내부에 설치되어있는 계측기를 이용하여 변형률을 수집하였다. FWD 실험 결과, 기층두께 5cm 축소 + 섬유 그리드 보강 구간이 기층두께 5cm 축소 구간에 비해 처짐량 이 약 14% 작게 나타나 섬유 그리드의 구조적 보강 효과를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 섬유 그리드 보강구간이 일반 아스팔트 포장구간에 비해서 처짐값은 37% 크지만 표층 하단부에서의 변형률은 유사하게 나타났으며 이를 이용한 구조해석 결과, 약 3cm의 섬유 그리드로 인한 포장 층의 두께 감소 효과를 확인할 수 있었다.

본 연구에서는 평택 미8군 차량정비시설 내 콘크리트 포장의 줄눈부 하중전달효율(Load Transfer Efficiency, LTE)을 평가하기 위해 FWD(Falling Weight Deflectometer)를 이용한 조사･평가를 수행하 였다. 본 연구에서는 <그림 1>에서와 같이 FHWA/TX-07/0-5123-2“Guidelines for Evaluation of Existing Pavement for HMA Overlay”에서 제시한 FWD 처짐 하중전달효율 산정식을 사용하였다. FWD를 이용한 콘크리트 슬래브 줄눈부의 하중전달효율을 조사한 결과는 <표 1>에서 보는 바와 같다. 하중전달효율이 80% 이상인 지점은 97개소로 전체의 약 84.3%에 해당한다. 콘크리트 슬래브 시공 당시 줄눈부에 <그림 2>와 같은 배부름현상(Bulging)이 발생하였다. 배부름현상 이 하중전달효율에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 총 24개 줄눈부에 대하여 순방향과 역방향으로 <그림 2>와 같이 FWD 시험을 수행하였다. <그림 3>은 각 줄눈부에서 Case 1과 Case 2의 하중전달효율을 비교 한 것이다. 그래프에서 보는 바와 같이 LTE 차이가 ±2% 이내인 경우를 (6개 지점) 제외하고 총 18개 줄 눈부 중 15개 줄눈부에서 Case 1이 Case 2보다 LTE가 큰 것으로 나타나 줄눈부 배부름현상이 LTE에 영 향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

국내 도로에 적용중인 포장상태지수는 도로관리 기관별로 각자의 목적에 맞도록 지표를 개발하여 사용 중이다. 국도의 NHPCI(National Highway Pavement Condition Index), 고속도로의 HPCI(Highway Pavement Condition Index), 그리고 서울시의 SPI(Seoul Pavement Index)는 각기 다양한 상태의 포장 구간을 선정하고, 구간에 대한 여러 전문가들의 평가를 수렴하기 위해 포장 관리실무자와 산·학·연의 포장 전문가들에 의해 도출되었다는 점에서는 동일하다(서영찬 외, 2008; 조병완 외, 2001; 한국도로공 사, 2013). 그러나 HPCI와 NHPCI는 패널 평가(Panel Rating)와 포장상태 조사결과를 회귀분석하여 모 델식이 개발된 반면, SPI는 일본의 포장상태 지수인 MCI(Maintenance Control Index)를 기본 모델로 사용하고 이를 패널들의 토의를 통해 계수를 수정하는 방식으로 개발되었다는 점에서 차이를 보인다. 이러한 지수들은 도로의 등급에 따라 각각의 목적에 맞는 평가지표로서 작용하는데, 국가전체 차원에 서 보면 도로의 등급에 관계없이 전체도로의 포장상태를 파악하는 것이 필요하다. 즉, 각각의 지수들은 각각의 목적에 맞게 운영하되 상관관계 분석을 통해 다양한 지수들을 하나의 통일된 지표로 나타냄으로서 전체적인 상태파악 및 예산 및 자원분배가 용이하도록 하고 도로이용자 및 관리자 간의 의사소통 수단으 로 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 국도 모니터링 시스템(그림 1 참조)의 데이터베이스를 활용하여 동일한 구간에 대해 각 지수를 산출하였다. 국도 모니터링 시스템은 전국의 도로망에서 무작위로 대표구간을 추출(Random Sampling)하여 매년 포장상태 조사를 통해 국도 전체의 포장상태 변화 추이를 감시하는 기능을 하고 있 다. 이를 통해 수집된 자료는 도로관리 정책에 반영되며 네트워크 레벨에서의 포장관리체계(PMS)의 운영 이 가능하도록 데이터베이스를 구축하는데 기여하고 있다(서영찬 외, 2008). 이러한 자료를 통한 분석으 로 국내 실정을 반영한 지수 간 비교가 이루어지도록 하였고 그 결과, 그림 2와 같은 상관관계 분석을 통 해 관계식을 도출하였다.

PURPOSES : The objective of this study is to determine the optimal frequency of ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing for detecting the voids under the pavement. METHODS : In order to determine the optimal frequency of GPR testing for void detection, a full-scale test section was constructed to simulate the actual size of voids under the pavement. Voids of various sizes were created by inserting styrofoam at varying depths under the pavement. Subsequently, 250-, 500-, and 800-MHz ground-coupled GPR testing was conducted in the test section and the resulting GPR signals were recorded. The change in the amplitude of these signals was evaluated by varying the GPR frequency, void size, and void depth. The optimum frequency was determined from the amplitude of the signals. RESULTS: The capacity of GPR to detect voids under the pavement was evaluated by using three different ground-coupled GPR frequencies. In the case of the B-scan GPR data, a parabolic shape occurred in the vicinity of the voids. The maximum GPR amplitude in the A-scan data was used to quantitatively determine the void-detection capacity. CONCLUSIONS: The 250-MHz GPR testing enabled the detection of 10 out of 12 simulated voids, whereas the 500-MHz testing allowed the detection of only five. Furthermore, the amplitude of GPR detection associated with 250-MHz testing is significantly higher than that of 500-MHz testing. This indicates that 250-MHz GPR testing is well-suited for the detection of voids located at depths ranging from 0.5~2.0 m. Testing at frequencies lower than 250 MHz is recommended for void detection at depths greater than 2 m.