INVESTIGATION OF TIRE WEAR

A SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS OF TREAD RUBBER LOSS FROM AUTOMOBILE TIRES OPERATED ON SOME OF THE STANDARD ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WERE CONDUCTED. FOUR CARS, FORD, DODGE, HUPTT AND NASH WERE DRIVEN ON CRUSHED BASALT MACADAM, CONCRETE, GRAVEL AND BITULITHIC. THE TREAD RUBBER LOSS WAS MEASURED IN POUNDS PER 1000 MILES, DRIVING SPEED 30 MPH. TABLES PRESENT TIRE TEST DATA RESULTS.

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  • Authors:
    • Dana, H J
  • Publication Date: 1926

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 3-4, 1925. Part I: Reports of Research Committees and of Special Investigations
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  • Accession Number: 00223278
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM