INVESTIGATION OF TIRE WEAR
INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFECT OF THE VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES UPON TIRE WEAR AND FIND A MONEY VALUE TO ASSIGN TO EACH. THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM OF THE TIRE WEAR TESTS CONTEMPLATED A COMBINED FIELD AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. FOR THE FIELD WORK A REPRESENTATIVE CAR AND TIRE EQUIPMENT WAS SELECTED AND RUN AT DETERMINED SPEEDS AT TYPICAL LEVEL STRETCHES OF THE VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES. A DODGE TOURING CAR EQUIPPED WITH 32 BY 4 INCH HIGH-PRESSURE CORD TIRES OR 30 BY 5.77 INCH BALLOON TIRES IS USED. THESE TIRES WERE TESTED ON THE FOLLOWING ROAD SURFACES: PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE, MONOLITHIC BRICK, BITUMINOUS FILLED BRICK, IOWA GRAVEL, CHERT GRAVEL, AND BITUMINOUS MACADAM WITHOUT SEAL COAT. A TABLE IS PRESENTED WHICH SHOWS THE EFFECT OF ROUGHNESS AND SHARP PROTRUDING AGGREGATE IN A BITUMINOUS ROAD UPON THE WEAR OF INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TIRES. WEAR INDICES ARE PRESENTED FOR TIRES ON THE VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES. SEVERAL TABLES OF DATA ARE PRESENTED SHOWING FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES. LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS TO COLLECT DATA ON THE EFFECT OF INFLATION, TEMPERATURE, MOISTURE AND TREAD RUBBER QUALITY UPON TREAD WEAR. INVESTIGATIONS WILL CONCLUDE THE EFFECT OF SPEED, SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLE UPON TREAD WEAR, ALSO ROUGHNESS OF ROAD SURFACE.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 5, Pt 1, PP 26-30, 4 TAB. 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:
- Mcnown, W C
- Publication Date: 1926
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at Washington, D.C. December 3-4, 1925. Part I: Reports of Research Committees and of Special Investigations
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Proceedings
- Volume: 5
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aggregates; Bituminous macadam; Brick pavements; Cherts; Durability tests; Fuel consumption; Gravel; Inflation; Pneumatic equipment; Portland cement concrete; Roughness; Rubber; Speed; Surface course (Pavements); Tire treads; Tires; Wear
- Old TRIS Terms: Pneumatic tire
- Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223277
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM