A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF HYDROPLANING PHENOMENA

RESULTS OBTAINED IN A THEORETICAL STUDY OF PHENOMENA ENCOUNTERED WHEN AN AUTOMOTIVE TIRE ROLLS OR SKIDS ON A PAVEMENT COVERED WITH A WATER FILM ARE DISCUSSED. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON A MATHEMATICAL MODEL IN WHICH THE FLOW IS DIVIDED INTO A FOOTPRINT REGION, AN INLET REGION FORWARD OF THE FOOTPRINT REGION WHERE THE GAP BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE PAVEMENT IS COMPARATIVELY LARGE, AND AN EXTERIOR FLOW REGION. IN PARTIAL HYDROPLANING, A THICK FLUID FILM PENETRATES BETWEEN THE TIRE AND PAVEMENT OVER A PORTION OF THE FOOTPRINT WHILE "SEMIDRY CONTACT" IS ASSUMED TO EXIST IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FOOTPRINT. THE FLOW THROUGH THE SEMIDRY PORTION OF THE FOOTPRINT IS ANALYZED USING EFFECTIVE FILM THICKNESSES BASED ON PAVEMENT DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS. IT IS FOUND THAT IN SOME CASES THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW EFFECTS APPRECIABLY LOWER THE LIFT COEFFICIENTS DEVELOPED BY HYDROPLANING TIRES. THE COMPUTED VARIATIONS OF THE THICK-FILM PENETRATION DISTANCE AND TOTAL FRICTION COEFFICIENT WITH FORWARD SPEED ARE GIVEN FOR THE CASE OF PARTIAL HYDROPLANING AND DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. THE GEOMETRY AND TIRE DEFORMATIONS OF THE THICK-FILM REGION PROVE TO BE IMPORTANT PARAMETERS IN STUDYING PARTIAL HYDROPLANING. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
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• Authors:
  • Daughaday, H
  • Balmer, G G
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 1-10
• Monograph Title: Pavement slipperiness, roughness, and condition evaluation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 311
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Films (Coatings); Hydroplaning; Mathematical models; Skids; Surface drainage; Theory; Thickness; Tires; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Film thickness
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage; Water film
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223325
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 23 2000 12:00AM