HYDROPLANING AND ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
Automobile hydroplaning speed is affected by both the vehicle load on the tyre and its inflation pressure, yet only inflation pressure is valued in Horne's (1968) equation. In 1984 modifications were made to include a vehicle's tyre footprint characteristics. Dunlop and others (1974) studied the influence of water depth and tread depth on an automobile's hydroplaning speed. Empirical studies by Gallaway and others (1979) produced more conclusive hydroplaning speeds for both automobiles and Ivey and others (1984) for trucks. This paper uses an influence diagram to show how all the models are related. Using the model a few vehicle design parameters are pursued that may be combined to make vehicles more prone to hydroplaning. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 882390.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Navin, F
- Publication Date: 1995-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 91-8
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Serial:
- SAE PUBLICATION SP-1083. ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION: TECHNOLOGY AND ANIMATION V. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 2, 1995, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aquaplanes; Conferences; Crash reconstruction; Hydroplaning; Loads; Mathematical models; Pressure; Rolling contact; Tires
- Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
- Geographic Terms: United States
- ITRD Terms: 3012: Aquaplaning; 8525: Conference; 5440: Contact (tyre road); 5567: Load; 6473: Mathematical model; 9048: Modification; 5412: Pressure; 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 1381: Tyre; 8122: USA
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00729369
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- ISBN: 1-56091-633-8
- Report/Paper Numbers: 950138
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM