SUPRESSION OF WATER SPRAY ON WET ROADS

A LABORATORY TEST PROGRAM AND FIELD TEST VERIFICATION SHOW THAT PROPERLY DESIGNED FENDERS CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE SPRAY AND MIST PRODUCED BY A TRACTOR-TRAILER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. GUIDELINES AND OBSERVATIONS ARE PRESENTED TO AID IN THE DESIGN AND ADAPTATION OF A FENDER TO A PARTICULAR VEHICLE CONFIGUATION. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 12 Pp, 6 ReF
• Corporate Authors:

  Stevens Institute of Technology

  711 Hudson Street
  Hoboken, NJ  United States  07030
• Authors:
  • Kamm, I O
  • Wray, G A
• Publication Date: 1971

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Fenders; Field tests; Laboratory tests; Mist; Reduction (Chemistry); Sprayers; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Spraying
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 12 1971 12:00AM