COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION BETWEEN RUBBER TIRES AND CONCRETE ROAD SURFACES

THE QUESTION IS RAISED AS TO WHETHER THE COEFFICIENT OF IMPENDING SKID, THE COEFFICIENT OF SLIDING FRICTION OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THE CRITICAL FACTOR IN ROAD SKIDDING, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY OF THIS PROBLEM ARE MADE. CONCRETE PAVEMENTS WERE FOUND IN MOST OF MOYER'S TESTS TO HAVE COEFFICIENTS FOR STRAIGHT AND SIDE SKIDDING WITHIN RANGES THEORETICALLY REASONABLY SAFE FROM DANGER OF SKIDDING. METHODS FOR PRODUCING SURFACES WHICH MAY HAVE HIGHER COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/14/14P1-010.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 14, ParT I, PP 214-216. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Fleming, E M
• Publication Date: 1935

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 6-7, 1934. Part I
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 14
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coefficient of friction; Concrete pavements; Skidding; Sliding friction; Tires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00207169
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM