THE WEARING EFFECT OF STUDDED TIRES ON CERTAIN ASPHALT PAVEMENTS

THE INCREASING USE OF STUDDED TIRES, COUPLED WITH BARE PAVEMENT WINTER MAINTENANCE HAS APPRECIABLY INCREASED THE WEAR ON ROAD SURFACES IN FINLAND. INVESTIGATIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN TO MEASURE THE WEAR ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAVEMENTS, TO COMPARE THE DAMAGE DONE BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF STUDS AND BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES. IT WAS FOUND THAT NEW PAVEMENTS WEAR QUICKLY AT FIRST, THE FINE GRADE AGGREGATE BEING LOST SOONER THAN THE COARSER STONES. THE RATE OF WEAR SLOWS DOWN AFTER THE INITIAL DAMAGE. CARS WEAR OUT THE AGGREGATES, TRUCKS BREAK IT. STONE FILLED SHEET ASPHALT HAS THE GREATEST RESISTANCE TO WEAR. OVERLAYS AND SLURRY SEALS WERE MORE QUICKLY WORN THAN PAVEMENTS. THE TYPE AND MATERIAL OF THE STUDS IS IMPORTANT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Tech Series 3, BULL 117, 65 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  State Institute of Technical Research, Finland

  Lonnrotinkatu 37
  Helsinki 18,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • Huhtala, M
• Publication Date: 1967

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Coarse aggregates; Cold weather; Durability tests; Fine aggregates; Materials; Operations; Overlays (Pavements); Sheet asphalt; Slurry seals; Studded tires; Studs; Trucks; Utilization; Vehicles; Wear
• Old TRIS Terms: Types
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Materials; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222750
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM