EFFECT OF HYDROPLANING ON THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CAR, TRUCK AND BUS TIRES

Tests were performed on a dynamic tire-testing machine reveal that in the case of passenger car tires, radial tires have greater resistance to hydroplaning than cross-ply tires when the water film is thin, but there is almost no difference between the two when the water film is thick. In bus and truck tires hydroplaning occurs most easily in worn tires. Tread pattern exerts a large measure of influence on the hydroplaning behavior of bus and truck tires.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the SAE Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, February 27-March 3, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • SAKAI, H
  • Kanaya, O
  • Okayama, T
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bias ply tires; Buses; Dynamics; Hydroplaning; Radial ply tires; Tires; Traction; Traffic crashes; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Radial tires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178830
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 780195 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1978 12:00AM