| Facility type: | Testing of soil and rocks |
| Contact email: | zedler@bast.de |
| Contact info: | Maike Zedler, senior researcher, section \'Highway Equipment\', telephone: +49 2204 434401 Bruederstrasse 53, D-51427 Bergisch Gladbach |
| Website address: | www.bast.de/EN/Traffic_Engineering/Technology/V4-e-RPA.html?nn=604746 |
Description
The RPA essentiall consists of a horizontally arranges turnabel with a diameter of 6.4 m on which up to 20 different road markings (paints, reactive (cold plastic) materials, thermoplastic materials, foils) can be tested at the same time. The road markings are loaded with up to 8 test wheels which produce the same degree of wear as real vehicles in traffic.
Technical data cf. website.
Keywords
road marking, road marking system, paint, reactive material (cold plastic), thermoplastic material, tape (prefabricated system), durability, traffic related characteristics
Comment
last update: Ursula Blume/BASt, 18-01-04
