FEASIBILITY STUDY OF TRAILER TECHNIQUES FOR TIRE TRACTION

THE REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A NINE-MONTH TEST UTILIZING A TWO-WHEELED TOWED TRACTION TRAILER. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TEST WAS TO EVALUATE THE EXISTING METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE BRAKING TRACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF A PRODUCTION TEST TIRE AND AN ASTM CONTROL TIRE. THE TEST, SPECIFIED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA), INCLUDED SEGMENTS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE REPEATABILITY OF THE TEST PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS AND TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN DEPENDENT VARIABLES: TIRE LOAD, TIRE INFLATION PRESSURE, ROAD SPEED, ROAD SURFACE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION, AND SURFACE WATER DEPTH.

• Corporate Authors:

  Goodyear International Tire Technical Center

  Luxembourg,   Luxembourg 
• Authors:
  • Ramsey, A F
  • Eagleburger, J D
  • Sacia, S R
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 156 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Load factor; Pressure; Surface course (Pavements); Test procedures; Testing equipment; Tires; Traction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reproducibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224645
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM