PAVEMENT DESIGN AND CONTROLS FOR MINIMIZING AUTOMOTIVE HYDROPLANING AND INCREASING TRACTION

The authors discuss test results and analyses of tire hydroplaning, skid resistance, and other tire-pavement interactions. They address roadway and vehicle operator controls for mitigating hydroplaning and improving highway safety. The conclusions are based on analyses of simulation, laboratory, and full-scale tests. Pavement cross slope, texture, rut depth, pavement wear, surface drainage, drainage-path length, precipitation intensity and duration, tire inflation, tread-pattern depth, tire construction, and vehicle traveling speed influence hydroplaning tendencies and vehicle control. Other factors considered are tire rolling resistance, vehicle fuel consumption, noise, splash and spray, and headlight glare. These results are applicable to highway pavement design, construction, and rehabilitation; tire construction; and vehicle operation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Frictional Interaction of Tire and Pavement. A symposium sponsored by ASTM Committee E-17 on Traveled Surface Characteristics and F-9 on Tires, Akron-Fairlawn, Ohio, 11-13 November 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Balmer, G G
  • Gallaway, B M
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 167-190
• Serial:
  • ASTM Special Technical Publications
  • Publisher: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydroplaning; Inflation; Pavement design; Pavements; Rolling contact; Skid resistance; Surface course (Pavements); Surface drainage; Texture; Tire pressure; Tires; Traction
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: STP 793, HS-035 394, HS-035 395
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM