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    Lab Report Sand Patch Method

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    1. The sand patch method is used to measure the macrotexture of road surfaces by spreading measured amounts of sand onto the surface and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patch. 2. The experiment measured the average macrotexture depth at three road surface locations by spreading a known volume of sand and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patches. 3. The results showed that Location B had the highest average diameter sand patch, indicating the smoothest road surface and lowest macrotexture depth, while Location A had the lowest average diameter sand patch, indicating the roughest surface and highest macrotexture depth.

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    1. The sand patch method is used to measure the macrotexture of road surfaces by spreading measured amounts of sand onto the surface and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patch. 2. The experiment measured the average macrotexture depth at three road surface locations by spreading a known volume of sand and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patches. 3. The results showed that Location B had the highest average diameter sand patch, indicating the smoothest road surface and lowest macrotexture depth, while Location A had the lowest average diameter sand patch, indicating the roughest surface and highest macrotexture depth.

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    1. The sand patch method is used to measure the macrotexture of road surfaces by spreading measured amounts of sand onto the surface and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patch. 2. The experiment measured the average macrotexture depth at three road surface locations by spreading a known volume of sand and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patches. 3. The results showed that Location B had the highest average diameter sand patch, indicating the smoothest road surface and lowest macrotexture depth, while Location A had the lowest average diameter sand patch, indicating the roughest surface and highest macrotexture depth.

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    1. The sand patch method is used to measure the macrotexture of road surfaces by spreading measured amounts of sand onto the surface and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patch. 2. The experiment measured the average macrotexture depth at three road surface locations by spreading a known volume of sand and measuring the diameter of the resulting sand patches. 3. The results showed that Location B had the highest average diameter sand patch, indicating the smoothest road surface and lowest macrotexture depth, while Location A had the lowest average diameter sand patch, indicating the roughest surface and highest macrotexture depth.

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    Lab Report Sand Patch Method

    INTRODUCTION
    Sand patch method is an experiment to measure the road surface either smooth or rough.
    Road surface is not too smooth and rough. The macrotexture of the street pavement surfaces
    can also additionally influence the using pleasant in addition to skid resistance, in time period
    of powerful touch regions among tyres and avenue surfaces and water dispersal throughout
    moist condition. In different words, the macrotexture influences skid resistance and tyre-
    pavement noise. We are conduct an experiment which will solve this problem.

    OBJECTVES
    To measure the average macrotexture depth of the road surface

    APPARATUS
    (a) A brass cylinder of known volume, usually either 28.7 ml or 50 ml
    ± 0.25 ml.
    (b) Sand
    (c) Brush – banister or other suitable brush.
    (d) “Sand” spreader - A hard rubber disk or rubber stopper (between 55-66 mm
    diameter for spreading sand
    (e) Steel ruler, at least 300 mm long readable to 1 mm.

    PROCEDURES
    1. Ensure that the test site is clean, dry and free from grease or oil. Sweep off all dust
    and other loose particles
    2. Pour sand into the brass cylinder by dipping it into the container and squeezing out
    any excess.
    3. Tap the filled cylinder's base three times on a hard surface, then top up the cylinder,
    striking off any excess.
    4. On the swept test location, pour the contents of the cylinder onto the road surface into
    a small mound. To prevent the sand from being blown away in windy weather, the
    pile should be sheltered from the wind.
    5. Use the sand spreader to gently work the sand down into the surface voids. Keeping
    the face of the sand spreader flat and applying only horizontal pressure, gently
    work the sand down into the surface voids in a circular spiral motion from the center
    outwards. Continue this spreading motion until the diameter of the circle stabilizes
    and the sand have completely filled the voids and the sand patch is levelled to the
    highest points on the surface.
    6. Measure the diameter of the circle at 4 evenly spaced diameters to the nearest 5 mm
    and record these measurements. Average the 4 readings to determine the average
    diameter (D mm) of the circle.
    7. Sweep the sand off the road surface and discard.
    8. Repeat steps 1 to 7 for another 2 test sites.

    DATA ANALYSIS
    Location Volume of Diameter of Average Texture Depth
    Description sand (mm2) sand patch Diameter (d) (mm)
    (mm) mm
    15
    A 50 17 16.38 237.28
    16
    17.5
    26
    B 50 25.5 25.63 96.91
    26
    25
    18
    C 50 16 17.88 199.13
    19
    18.5

    DISCUSSION
    Based on data analysis, the higher average diameter of the sand patch is at location B.
    Meanwhile, the lowest value of average diameter of the sand patch is at location A. It is
    shown that at B, the road surface is smoother than the others. Location A is the roughest
    surface in the experiment. It can determine by measure their diameter of sand patch. It is
    because sometimes on the road surface, there are pebbles and small rocks which make the
    road become rough. The texture depth of location A is the highest among location B and C.

    CONCLUSION
    In conclusion, we may conclude from the experiment that the goal of this experiment, which
    was to evaluate the average macrotexture depth of the road surface, was met. We may deduce
    that the larger the sand sample's diameter, the less rough the road surface is. As a result, the
    road has a lower macrotexture depth, while the road surface is rougher if the sample diameter
    is smaller. For this experiments recommendation, we recommend that each point be
    investigated in further depth.

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