THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTISKID MATERIALS
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FOUR COMMONLY USED ANTISKID MATERIALS WAS TESTED ON A CIRCULAR TRACK APPARATUS ON ICE AND PACKED SNOW. THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED WITH A FULL-SIZED AUTOMOTIVE WHEEL WHICH WAS MADE TO SLIP UNTIL THE MAXIMUM COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION WAS OBTAINED. INITIAL FRICTION VALUES WERE QUITE HIGH AND DECEPTIVE. TO SUSTAIN RELATIVELY HIGH COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION AFTER SOME TRAFFIC HAS PASSED, INCREASED RATES OF APPLICATION ARE REQUIRED. THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FOUR MATERIALS WAS FOUND TO BE SMALL. THE PARTICLE SIZE HAS A PRONOUNCED EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ANTISKID MATERIALS AND ESPECIALLY THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE VERY FINE PARTICLES (PASSING A NO. 50 SEIVE) IS MINOR AND THEIR ELIMINATION IS RECOMMENDED. THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIALS THAT AFFECT THEIR USEFULNESS AS ANTISKID MATERIALS WERE DETERMINED AND ARE REPORTED. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Paper sponsored by Committee on Snow and Ice Control and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. 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.
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Authors:
- Hegmon, R R
- Meyer, W E
- Publication Date: 1968
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 50-56
- Monograph Title: Snow and ice control
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 227
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Coefficient of friction; Economic efficiency; Internal friction; Materials; Oil spill cleanup; Physical properties; Testing; Traffic; Wheels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Particle size distribution
- Old TRIS Terms: Deslicking treatment
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00218400
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 1 1971 12:00AM