TRACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUCKS AND TRUCK COMBINATIONS 1ST ED.

THE FOLLOWING BASIC FULL SCALE TRACTION TESTS OF HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS ARE REPORTED: TRUCK PULL-DOWN TESTS; TRUCK ROLLING RESISTANCE TESTS; PASSENGER CAR PULL-DOWN TESTS; AND PASSENGER CAR SKID TESTS. THE PASSENGER CAR TESTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CORRELATION OF RESULTS BOTH WITH TRUCK AND OTHER TRACTION TESTS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 1, 146 pP
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Highway Institute

  San Francisco, CA  United States 
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Skid resistance tests; Traction; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223607
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM