TRUCK SPLASH AND SPRAY TESTS AT MADRAS, OREGON

During the week of July 15-19, 1974, a series of tests was run at Madras, Oregon to evaluate a number of devices designed to suppress the spray created by trucks on wet roads. The tests, supervised by members of the Western States Subcommittee on Splash and Spray, were documented with movie film that covered the devices and tests. Good correlation resulted between the spray data obtained with a photometer set up at the test site and the data obtained by performing densitometer analyses of photographic negatives taken at the test site. The spray data determined the relative effectiveness of the various experimental spray suppressor devices, showing that none of the devices tested reduced the road spray a significant amount. The best of the four devices reduced the spray 15 to 20 percent relative to the standard bogie vehicle.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southwest Research Institute

  6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, TX  United States  78228-0510

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ritter, T E
• Publication Date: 1974-10-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Densitometers; Drainage; Equipment; Photographic materials; Photography; Photometers; Road tests; Splashing; Sprayers; Testing; Tests; Traffic safety; Trucks; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data; Shielding; Spraying
• Old TRIS Terms: Negatives /photographic/; Splash
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094628
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SWRI-AR-955 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01040
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM