Download or read book Road and Paving Materials written by and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 2006 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specifications, tests, and practices detail the properties of various road and paving materials and explain how to measure their characteristics. These standards cover aggregates, bituminous mixtures, bridges, bridge decks, and structures. They also cover highway traffic materials, such as retroreflective sheeting and pavement markers.This volume also covers vehicle-pavement systems, including field methods for measurement of tire pavement friction, measurement and control of roughness in construction and rehabilitation of pavements, surface characteristics related to tire pavement slip resistance, tire and slider characteristics, traffic monitoring, and vehicle roadside communication.