SOME TESTS OF STUDDED TIRES IN ILLINOIS

EXTENSIVE TESTING HAS SHOWN THAT PNEUMATIC TIRES EQUIPPED WITH TUNGSTEN CARBIDE STUDS EMBEDDED IN THE TREADS PRODUCE SUPERIOR TRACTION ON ICY AND HARD-PACKED SNOW SURFACES. IT IS GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, HOWEVER, THAT STUDDED TIRES HAVE AN ABRASIVE EFFECT ON PAVEMENT SURFACES. THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THEIR USE MUST BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE EXPENSE THAT MAY BE INCURRED IF THEY CAUSE EXCESSIVE DAMAGE TO PAVEMENT SURFACES. DAMAGE TO DRY PAVEMENT SURFACES THROUGH REPETITIVE PASSAGE OF METAL STUDDED TIRES BECOMES AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. BRAKING AND ACCELERATION TESTS WERE MADE ON PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE AND ON A BITUMINOUS SURFACE TREATMENT /ILLINOIS A-3/. A TEST WAS ALSO MADE WITH REGULAR TIRES ON PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE. IN SOME OF THE TESTS, A STEEL BEAM EQUIPPED WITH AMES DIALS WAS USED TO MEASURE CHANGES IN THE PAVEMENT SURFACE. PHOTOGRAPHS AND PLASTER-OF-PARIS CASTS WERE MADE. RESULTS INDICATED THAT STUDDED TIRES HAVE AN ABRASIVE EFFECT ON PAVEMENT SURFACES, THAT THEY MAY BE LESS SAFE ON DRY PAVEMENTS THAN REGULAR TIRES AND THAT LOSS OF STUDS AT HIGH SPEEDS IS A POTENTIAL DANGER. NEVERTHELESS, THEY PERMIT BETTER STOPPING AND STARTING TRACTION AND ARE SAFER THAN REGULAR OR SNOW TIRES ON ICE AND HARD-PACKED SNOW.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/136/136-006.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Ad Hoc Committee on Studded Tires and present at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Burke, John E
  • McKenzie, Lloyd J
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 42-58
• Monograph Title: Studded tires
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 136
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerating agents; Bituminous materials; Bituminous pavements; Braking; Calcium compounds; Carbides; Casting; Defects; Pavement distress; Pavements; Photographs; Portland cement concrete; Studded tires; Studs; Surface treating; Testing; Tires; Tungsten
• Identifier Terms: Ames dial steel beam
• Old TRIS Terms: Accelerating (Process); Bituminous surface treatments; Tungsten carbide
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206237
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 18 1994 12:00AM