Automobile Tire Hydroplaning: A Study of Wheel Spin-Down and Other Variables

Details

• Creators:
  Stocker, A. J. ; Dotson, J. T. ; Ivey, Don L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Highway Department ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highways
  • Pavements
  • Water control
  • Hydroplaning
  • Surface texture tests
  • Tire mechanics
  • Tire pressure
  • Tire treads
  • Hot mix asphalt
  • grooved pavements
• Publication/ Report Number:
  147-3F
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report: September 1969 - August 1974
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  A study of the wet weather characteristics of five different pavements and ten different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a seal coat surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt, a jennite surface and a longitudinally grooved portland cement concrete. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire with full tread, a test standard tire, a smooth fiberglass belted tire and a full tread steel belted radial. In this study, wheel spin-down was used as the criterion for the detection of hydroplaning and the variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth and wheel load.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2-10-70-147
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85105/dot_85105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.26 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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