About
Every 4 years PIARC organizes an international symposium on pavement surface characteristics for roads and airfields, so called SURF events.
The first symposium was held at State College, Pennsylvania, USA in June 1988, followed by symposia in Germany (Berlin, June 1992), New Zealand (Christchurch, September 1996), France (Nantes, June 2000), and Canada (Toronto, June 2004).
The success and interest shown in these symposia has encouraged PIARC Technical Committee TC 4.2 "Road/Vehicle Interaction" and the Slovenian PIARC National Committee to start with organisation of the 6th International Symposium on Pavement Surface Characteristics of Roads and Airfields in 2008. With the new PIARC strategic plan 2008 - 2011 the current committee D 2a is associated with SURF 2008 and show that there is continuity of action of PIARC in the domain although the designation and precise terms of reference are changing from one cycle to the next.
> More about SURF 2008 - http://www.surf2008.si/
Videos
Opening session
Welcome from PIARC
Dec 4, 2008 2758 views
Welcome from PIARC Slovenia's first delegate
Dec 4, 2008 3053 views
Introduction to the symposium from the technical committee
Dec 4, 2008 2814 views
Welcome from European research area
Dec 4, 2008 2822 views
Slovenia, its roads and its expertise
Slovenia it's roads and its expertise
Dec 4, 2008 2913 views
Assement of the pavement
Research on sustainable paving/surfacing for low volume rural roads in Vietnam
Dec 4, 2008 3287 views
Debate about assessment of the pavements
Dec 4, 2008 3181 views
Macrotexture and drainability in friction courses: modeling and experiments
Dec 4, 2008 3216 views
Assesment of surface ravelling using traffic speed survey techniques
Dec 4, 2008 3587 views
Measuring Pavement Condition in Developing Countries: The World Bank's Experienc...
Dec 4, 2008 3462 views
Assement of the pavement (Friction)
Low dry friction - Measurement and imaging
Dec 4, 2008 3905 views
Debate about assessment of the pavements (friction)
Dec 4, 2008 3185 views
Samples of singular detailed texture and skid resisance analysis
Dec 4, 2008 3366 views
Evaluation of the effect of grooving of the coeficient of friction of wet runway...
Dec 4, 2008 3427 views
Surface characteristics of asphalt pavements with synthetic lightweight aggregat...
Dec 4, 2008 3975 views
Assement of the pavement (Noise)
Statistical properties of road traffic noise emission measurements
Dec 4, 2008 3078 views
Tire/Road noise relationshipwith viscoelastic properties of paving materials
Dec 4, 2008 3618 views
Thin asphalts surface layers for highways - optimised for low tyre/road noise
Dec 4, 2008 3162 views
Acoustic monitoring of a road network: investigation of the ageing effect on thi...
Dec 4, 2008 3448 views
Data analysis tools
The new Austrian skid resistance evaluation background based on the correlation ...
Dec 4, 2008 3064 views
How to assess a payment adjustment when both surface and mechanical defects are ...
Dec 4, 2008 2905 views
Evaluation of the international friction index coefficients for various devices
Dec 4, 2008 3706 views
Model for assessing risks of road infrastructure
Dec 4, 2008 3011 views
Performance criteria
Pavement prediction performance models and relation with traffic fatalities and ...
Dec 4, 2008 3253 views
Seasonal variationsof pavement surface frictional properties
Dec 4, 2008 2920 views
Pavement Management
Modeling the ups and downs of the grip resistance of road surface
Dec 4, 2008 884 views
Pavement management policy for a conceded motorway network
Dec 4, 2008 3057 views
Debate about pavement management
Dec 4, 2008 3099 views
Debate about pavement management
Dec 4, 2008 2965 views
Pavement surface characteristics evolution
Dec 4, 2008 2972 views
Pavement surface defects: Classification and quantification over a road network
Dec 4, 2008 3664 views
Feasibility of using Deflectograph data to review drainage network in the UK
Dec 4, 2008 2940 views
A method for developing preliminary friction deterioration model on runway
Dec 4, 2008 3268 views
The weighted longitudinal profile (WLP) technical specification and experiences ...
Dec 4, 2008 3481 views
Development of a Half-Car based rutting index
Dec 4, 2008 2857 views
Assement of the pavement (cracking measurement)
Developing the automatic measurement of surface condition on local roads
Dec 4, 2008 2993 views
Routine measurements of pavement surface cracks
Dec 4, 2008 3238 views
Debate about assement of the pavement (cracking measurement)
Dec 4, 2008 3145 views
Development of a new 3D transverse laser profiling system for the automatic meas...
Dec 4, 2008 5797 views
Véhicule / road interactions
Protocol Applications of the Automated Distress Analyzer (ADA)
Dec 4, 2008 3200 views
Evaluation expérimentale des regles de conception des virages par l'analyse des ...
Dec 4, 2008 3335 views
From theoretical acoustics studies to implementation on a worksite : a major ste...
Dec 4, 2008 3468 views
Debate about vehicle/road interactions
Dec 4, 2008 3027 views
Data analysis tools
Prediction of Deterioration of Asphalt Pavements by Empirical Mechanistic Model
Dec 4, 2008 4764 views
The possibilities of utilising data gathered from laser measurements of pavement...
Dec 4, 2008 3001 views
Debate about data analysis tools
Dec 4, 2008 3195 views
Relationship between surface skid resistance and rate of accidents at major inte...
Dec 4, 2008 3068 views
Advanced analysis for singular longitudinal profiles
Dec 4, 2008 2922 views
Data analysis tools (profiler)
Debate about data analysis tools 2
Dec 4, 2008 2991 views
Implementation of a Grinding Simulation Tool in the Profile Viewing and Analysis...
Dec 4, 2008 3560 views
Quantifying the Impact of Jointed Concrete Pavement Curling and Warping on Pavem...
Dec 4, 2008 4117 views
Application of the Cross-Correlation Technique to Evaluate Profile Data
Dec 4, 2008 4502 views
Véhicule / road interactions
Roadex III: Health issues related to poorly maintained road networks
Dec 4, 2008 3707 views
Silent surfaces: an experience in Portugal
Dec 4, 2008 3028 views
The long term skid resistance performance of three artificial aggregates used in...
Dec 4, 2008 2857 views
Aquaplaning phenomenon characterization of a rotating tyre over water puddles
Dec 4, 2008 3500 views
May new road be less safe for a while? Initial skid resistance of wet and dry as...
Dec 4, 2008 2855 views
Laboratory test method for the prediction of the evolution of road skid resistan...
Dec 4, 2008 3883 views
Assessment of pavements
Characteristics of today's concrete surfaces
Dec 4, 2008 3208 views
Maintenance practices and standards on pavements at Mexican airports
Dec 4, 2008 2674 views
Tyrosafe project
Dec 4, 2008 3027 views
