TIRE FRICTION ON WATER-LUBRICATED ROADS

ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY HAS BROUGHT US TO THE POINT WHERE EVERY ASPECT OF THE PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH RUBBING SURFACES MUST BE CONSIDERED AND INVESTIGATED APPROPRIATELY- THUS BRINGING US TO A NEW DISCIPLINE - TRIBOLOGY. THIS ARTICLE SURVEYS RESEARCH DONE ON ONE ASPECT OF THE TRIBOLOGICAL PROBLEM, AND SUGGESTS THAT AN INVESTIGATION OF TIRE FRICTION ON WET ROADS WOULD FALL NATURALLY INTO THREE PHASES: ATTENTION SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON HOW WELL RUBBER CONFORMS TO ASPERITIES SUCH AS THOSE FOUND ON ROADWAY SURFACES, A STUDY SHOULD BE MADE OF THE THICKNESS OF THE WATER FILM THAT MAY PERSIST ON THE TOPS OF SUCH ASPERITIES DURING PASSAGE OF A TIRE, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE TWO FACTORS TO ROAD/TIRE FRICTION SHOULD BE DETERMINED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 2, PP 29-31
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Research Outlook

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• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Films (Coatings); Friction; Highways; Roughness; Tires; Water
• Old TRIS Terms: Water film
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223135
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1970 12:00AM