Performance of Highway and All-Season Radial Tires and Traction Aids on Ice and in Snow.

Abstract

This study compares the traction performance of a group of all-season radial tires, high-way radial tires, link and cable chains. The tests were conducted on ice and snow. The all-season radials perform slightly better on ice, presumably because of the adhesive compound used in manufacturing these tires. The chains significantly improved traction on ice over bare tires, the link chain being best. In snow, the bare tires performed approximately the same. The cable chains provided only a slight improvement, while the link chains again performed best. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168872

Entities

People

  • Ronald Liston
  • Terry Rogers

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold Regions
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Ice
  • Load Cells
  • New Hampshire
  • Radial Tires
  • Regions
  • Regression Analysis
  • Resistance
  • Snow
  • Steady State
  • Test Equipment
  • Tire Chains
  • Tires
  • Traction
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).