A COMBINED APPROACH TO THE OPTIMISATION OF TIRE AND PAVEMENT INTERACTION

THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAVEMENT SURFACING TECHNOLOGY WITH REGARD TO SKID RESISTANCE, AND ADVANCES IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF TIRE-PAVEMENT INTERACTION ARE REVIEWED. THE INFLUENCE OF THESE ADVANCES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF PAVEMENT SURFACES AND DESIGN OF TIRES IN GREAT BRITAIN IS DISCUSSED. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF A VARIABLE SPEED INTERNAL DRUM MACHINE DESIGNED TO CONTROL SOME OF THE VARIABLES PRESENT IN ROAD HOLDING MEASUREMENTS AND TO DEVELOP AND TEST SURFACINGS AND TREAD COMPOUNDS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS. THE POLISHING ACTION OF THE TRAFFIC AND ROUGHENING EFFECT OF CLIMATIC CHANGES ARE STUDIED BY MEANS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND RELATED TO SKID RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF TREAD COMPOUND ABRASION TERMED "REVERSION" DISCUSSES THE CONDITIONS ABRASION ARE REVIEWED AND THE PARAMETERS INFLUENCING GOVERNING ITS FORMATION. THE CONCEPT OF THE THREE ZONE CONTACT PATH IS DISCUSSED WITH REGARD TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TIRE CONSTRUCTION, TREAD PATTERNS AND PAVEMENT SURFACES. SPECIAL REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PAVEMENTS USING ARTIFICIAL AGGREGATES AND NATURAL AGGREGATES OF THE GRITSTONE GROUP. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 55 Pp, 11 FIG, 3 TAB, 16 PHOT, 76 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Birmingham University

  ,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • HOLMES, T
  • Lees, G
  • WILLIAMS, A R
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abrasions; Aggregates; Climate; Electron microscopes; Pavements; Paving; Skid resistance; Skidding; Surface course (Pavements); Texture; Tire treads; Tires
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206898
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 25 1971 12:00AM