BRAKING EFFICIENCY TEST TECHNIQUE

The study describes a method whereby vehicle stopping performance can be specified, measured, and compared independently of the test surface. The method provides for an independent measure of the prevailing friction potential of the test surface. This measure is used to normalize the measured stopping performance of the test vehicle. The concept presented is tailored toward a safety argument and toward rulemaking as a potential adaptation to braking effectiveness requirements which currently exist. A new mobile tire dynamometer, developed for this program, is discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ervin, R D
  • Winkler, C B
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 221 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Braking performance; Distance; Dynamometers; Measurement; Motor vehicles; Performance tests; Safety engineering; Specifications; Test procedures; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement
• Old TRIS Terms: Incidence matrices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136817
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-PF-74-13-1 Tech. Rpt., DOT-HS-801-551
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-3-765
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM