RATING TIRE TRACTION EFFECTIVENESS IN THE WINTER ENVIRONMENT

Requirements for meaningful winter environment traction standards continue to increase. State of the art test procedures and test conditions are reviewed for merit and potential improvement. Specific techniques and controls are recommedned to limit the excessive variation inherent in most winter environment tire testing. Performance comparisons are made for special design winter tires versus conventional highway tires under several test conditions and test procedures to illustrate areas of preformance differences. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Footit, J E
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Driving; Performance; State of the art studies; Test procedures; Tires; Traction; Variables; Winter
• Old TRIS Terms: Variations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158398
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 770279
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM