Analysis of the impact of concrete pavement finishing technologies on selected exploitation traits

Abstract

We studied various technologies of finishing the upper layers of the concrete pavements. The analyses were made on the basis of own research on selected sections of motorway and express roads with a concrete surface in Poland. On this basis, the variability of equality and texture was determined depending on different types of structures, finishing methods and operational periods. It was found that the change of construction technology and the type of construction significantly influence the change of equality, while the technology of finishing the upper surface influences the texture. The best equality was obtained for the non-dilatation pavements with continuous reinforcement. It was shown that the texture indicator is strongly dependent on the pavement exploitation. In addition, an assessment of the impact of equality and texture on the noise level in the vehicle's cabin was carried out.