SNOW-REMOVING PERFORMANCE OF THE SNOWPLOW TRUCK

FIELD STUDIES OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A 4-WHEEL-DRIVE TRUCK WITH SNOWPLOW PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING RESULTS: (1) WORKING RESISTANCE OF THE TRUCK CONSISTS OF THE TRUCK'S ROLLING RESISTANCE THAT VARIES WITH ITS SPEED, SLIDING RESISTANCE OF THE SNOWPLOW, AND SNOW ACCELERATING RESISTANCE EXPRESSED AS A SQUARE OF THE TRUCK SPEED; (2) AT A TRUCK SPEED OF LESS THAN 7.5 MPH, SNOW-REMOVING PERFORMANCE OF THE ONE-WAY PLOW IS NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THE PLOW PUSHES SNOW WITHOUT THROWING; (3) SNOW-REMOVING EFFICIENCY OF THE PLOW FALLS AS THE SQUARE OF THE TRUCK SPEED; (4) THE DISTANCE SNOW IS THROWN INCREASES WITH THE SQUARE OF THE PLOW SPEED; (5) THE PLOW WITH A CONICAL SURFACE PERFORMED BETTER THAN ONE WITH A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr115/115-022.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board (HRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Tanaka, Yasuyuki
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Research
  • Location: Dartmouth New Hampshire, United States
  • Date: 1970-4-8 to 1970-4-10
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 241-250
• Monograph Title: Snow removal and ice control research
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 115
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Performance; Snow; Snow removal; Snowplows; Speed; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Resistance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219411
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM