Multi Criteria Analysis On Surface Treatment Method For Concrete Pavement

Surface pavements have been studied for decades. Many surface treatments have been done by roadway authorities to improve the functional performance of concrete pavements: skid resistance, surface water drainage, pavement evenness, noise, and durability. However, there are so many different standards for those criteria applied, which might be causing misinterpretation when decision-makers are about to select the right surface treatment method. For example, roadway authorities mostly need to compare in which texturing methods can be applied for their roadways. Yet, they will find the methods are sometimes applied by using different standards. Firstly, there are various standards related to the functional surface performance of the pavement applied by different agencies. Secondly, there are many different measurement methods for the functional performance of the surface pavement. Thirdly, the surface treatment methods used to improve the surface pavement are varying. Therefore, it is not an easy task to understand and to compare different surface treatment methods with different criteria, and then to select the most optimum one. Yet, fewer studies were found on comprehensive analysis on determining which surface treatment method leads to the optimum functional performance. The objective of the research is to find a multi-criteria analysis method to define the most optimum surface treatment methods for concrete pavements that provide high functionality (safety and comfort). More than 15 surface treatment methods for concrete pavement are analyzed based on their functional performance includes skid resistance, pavement drainage, tire-pavement noise, and pavement roughness.