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Title:

SKID RESISTANCE OF SNOW- OR ICE-COVERED ROADS

Accession Number:

00207211

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE SKID RESISTANCE COEFFICIENTS OBTAINED ON SNOW- OR ICE-COVERED ROADS ARE PRESENTED. SKID RESISTANCE CHANGES ACCORDING TO SNOW CONDITIONS, TEMPERATURE, KINDS OF VEHICLE TIRES, AND CHEMICALS USED. THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF SKID RESISTANCE USED ARE SKID RESISTANCE IN BRAKING CONDITION, SKID RESISTANCE IN DRIVING CONDITION WHEN THE TIRE DOES NOT SLIP AND JUST BEFORE IT BEGINS TO SPIN, AND SKID RESISTANCE IN DRIVING CONDITIONS WHEN THE TIRE IS SPINNING. THESE DATA ARE USED IN DISCUSSION OF STOPPING DISTANCE, LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT, AND CROSS FALL OF THE ROAD. /AUTHOR/

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Monograph Accession #:

01410781

Corporate Authors:

Highway Research Board (HRB)

Washington, DC

Authors:

Ichihara, Kaoru
Mizoguchi, Makoto

Discussers:

Balmer, Glenn G; Renahan, J W; Smith, J L; Glauz, William D; Chenault, Lawrence H

Pagination:

pp 104-114

Publication Date:

1970

Serial:

Highway Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 115
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Research

Location: Dartmouth New Hampshire, United States
Date: 1970-4-8 to 1970-4-10
Sponsors: U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Highway Research Board. Committee on Snow Removal and Ice Control

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (7) ; Tables (6)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 8 1971 12:00AM

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