MEASUREMENT AND PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMIC TIRE FORCES OF A PASSENGER VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY

VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS ARE DETERMINED BY OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON A PAVEMENT HAVING A KNOWN PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS SPECTRUM AND MEASURING THE DYNAMIC TIRE FORCES. IF THE VEHICLE IS THEN DRIVEN OVER A SECOND PAVEMENT HAVING A PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS SPECTRUM SIMILAR TO THE FIRST PAVEMENT, THE DYNAMIC TIRE FORCES PREDICTED USING THE VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS WILL AGREE REASONABLY WELL WITH THOSE MEASURED EXPERIMENTALLY. EXAMPLES ARE INCLUDED. A FULL DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN UNDERTAKING THIS INVESTIGATION. /FHWA/

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology
  401 North Grant Street
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-2021

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Quinn, B E
  • Sattaripour, S A
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 152 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Force; Pavements; Roughness; Tires; Vehicle characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222631
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-72- 26 Final Rpt., FCP 31H3-071
• Contract Numbers: FH-11-7797
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 1976 12:00AM