TESTING OF TIRE TREADWEAR UNDER LABORATORY AND UNDER SERVICE CONDITIONS

FOUR DIFFERENT LABORATORY MACHINES WHICH USED CONCRETE, STEEL, AND TUNGSTEN CARBIDE ABRASION SURFACES AT VARIABLE SPEED AND SLIP FOR THE EVALUATION OF TIRE TREADWEAR ARE DESCRIBED. NONE HAS SATISFACTORILY REPLACED HIGHWAY TESTING. PREDOMINANT SOURCES OF WEAR ON PASSENGER TIRES APPEAR TO BE CUTTING AND FRICTIONAL FATIGUE. TREADWEAR IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY A PROPERTY OF THE TIRE BUT A RESULT OF THE TIRE-ROAD INTERACTION; INFLUENCING FACTORS INCLUDE ROAD SURFACES AND GEOMETRY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, WHEEL AND VEHICLE GEOMETRY, LOAD, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND DRIVER RESPONSES. /DOT/

• Corporate Authors:

  Tire Science & Technology

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• Authors:
  • Ambelang, J C
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 39-46
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Durability tests; Laboratory tests; Road tests; Testing equipment; Tire treads; Wear
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217318
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 1973 12:00AM