AUTOMOBILE TIRE HYDROPLANING. A STUDY OF WHEEL SPIN-DOWN AND OTHER VARIABLES

A study of the wet weather characteristics of five different pavements and ten different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a seal coat surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt, a jennite surface and a longitudinally grooved portland cement concrete. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire with full tread, a test standard tire, a smooth fiberglass belted tire and a full tread steel belted radial. In this study, wheel spin-down was used as the criterion for the detection of hydroplaning and the variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth and wheel load. A sloping trough 800 ft. long, 30 in. wide and 4 in. deep was used in obtaining the data.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/147-3F.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85105
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C., and Texas Highway Dept., Austin.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763
• Authors:
  • Stocker, A J
  • Dotson, J T
  • Ivey, D L
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Highways; Hydroplaning; Inflatable structures; Loads; Losses; Moisture content; Pavement grooving; Pavements; Rainfall; Reviews; Rolling contact; Test facilities; Tests; Texture; Tire treads; Tires; Traction; Water; Wetting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Separation; Wet conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Inflating; Water removal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090443
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TTI-2-10-70-147-3F Final Rpt.
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM