Ensuring sufficient road surface friction is essential for maintaining traffic safety, particularly under adverse weather conditions. However, the current Korean design standards for the longitudinal friction coefficient (LFC) are primarily derived from foreign guidelines with limited empirical validation under domestic road and climatic conditions. This study aims to generate field-based LFC data across a range of road surface types and vehicle speeds and evaluate the appropriateness of the LFC values currently adopted in national road design standards. The field experiments were conducted at the Yeoncheon SOC Proving Ground. The five representative road surface conditions were dry, wet, slush, compacted snow, and icy. Driving tests were conducted for each surface condition at four speeds (30, 40, 50, and 60 km/h) using a test vehicle equipped with continuous friction measuring equipment. Twenty scenarios were tested with multiple repetitions to ensure statistical reliability. Consequently, the average LFC values were 0.748 for dry, 0.615 for wet, 0.232 for slush, 0.173 for compacted snow, and 0.133 for icy conditions. The results showed that road surface conditions had a significantly greater impact on the LFC than vehicle speed. Moreover, the values measured under low-friction conditions were consistently lower than those specified in the current Korean standards. These findings highlight the need to revise the existing LFC design values to better reflect domestic winter road environments. The data can also inform the development of road safety strategies such as variable speed limit systems, autonomous vehicle control algorithms, and automatic emergency braking systems suitable for winter operations.

이종재 마찰용접재 강도특성과 초음파 반사계수와의 상관성에 관하여 실험적으로 연구한 결과의 요약은 다음과 같다. 1. 이종재 마찰용접 이음면에서의 초음파 반사계수를 펄스반사법에 의하여 측정산출할 수 있다. 2. 5MHz의 비교적 낮은 주파수의 탐촉자를 사용하므로써 시험편의 표면가공 오차를 무시할 수 있다. 3. 알루미늄과 스테인레스의 마찰용접에서는 용접조건으로 마찰가열시간이나 가열압력을 변수로 하였을 때보다 업셋가압력을 변수로 하였을 때 반사계수의 변화가 뚜렷하다. 4. 업셋가압력을 변수로 한 용접조건과 반사계수사이에는 선형적 상관관계가 있다. 5. 용접이음면에서의 이음인장강도와 반사계수와의 상관관계식을 정량적으로 도출할 수 있다. 6. 초음파 반사계수에 의해 이종재 마찰용접 품질의 비파괴적 평가가 가능하다

The sliding materials for bridge supports are used to ensure the seismic performance or to absorb thermal deformation of bridge decks. The sliding plates in the bridge-bearings directly transfer vertical loads and horizontal displacements to piers. To construct bridge economically, bridge-bearings are required to endure higher vertical load capacity. Therefore, smaller and stiffer sliding materials have been being developed to improve vertical loading capacity of bearings. In this study, friction coefficient tests were accomplished with the sliding materials applied for bridge bearings. Three different types of friction materials (PTFE, C-Lube, and UHMWPE) were tested with equivalent compressive stress, velocity, and displacement respectively. Based on the experimental results of each material, the horizontal stiffness and energy dissipation capacities of bearings were compared and analyzed through the design of the friction pendulum bearing as well.