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Variables Associated with Automobile Tire Hydroplaning

A. J. Stocker / J. M. Lewis

A study of the wet weather characteristics of four different pavements and eight different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a bituminous surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt and a jennite surface. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire and a test standard tire. The variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth, and wheel load. A sloping trough 800 ft. long was used in obtaining the data. The results indicate that the use of pavements with larger macrotexture and possibly internally draining surfaces will help to reduce the tendency to hydroplane. The study should be helpful as to what influence texture and water depth have relative to speeds at which hydroplaning should or should not occur. (Author Modified Abstract)

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Variables Associated with Automobile Tire Hydroplaning

A. J. Stocker / J. M. Lewis

A study of the wet weather characteristics of four different pavements and eight different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a bituminous surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt and a jennite surface. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire and a test standard tire. The variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth, and wheel load. A sloping trough 800 ft. long was used in obtaining the data. The results indicate that the use of pavements with larger macrotexture and possibly internally draining surfaces will help to reduce the tendency to hydroplane. The study should be helpful as to what influence texture and water depth have relative to speeds at which hydroplaning should or should not occur. (Author Modified Abstract)

Variables Associated with Automobile Tire Hydroplaning

A. J. Stocker / J. M. Lewis

A study of the wet weather characteristics of four different pavements and eight different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a bituminous surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt and a jennite surface. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire and a test standard tire. The variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth, and wheel load. A sloping trough 800 ft. long was used in obtaining the data. The results indicate that the use of pavements with larger macrotexture and possibly internally draining surfaces will help to reduce the tendency to hydroplane. The study should be helpful as to what influence texture and water depth have relative to speeds at which hydroplaning should or should not occur. (Author Modified Abstract)

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Title:

Variables Associated with Automobile Tire Hydroplaning

Contributors:

A. J. Stocker (author) / J. M. Lewis (author)

Publication date:

1972

Size:

85 pages

Type of media:

Report

Type of material:

No indication

Language:

English

Keywords:

Transportation Safety , Automobile tires , Vehicle wheels , Hydrodynamics , Planning surfaces , Research , Test facilities , Troughs , Treads , Velocity , Inflating , Water , Pavements , Loading rate , Tests , Safety engineering , Hydroplaning , Water depth

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