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Title: CURRENT STATUS AND VARIABILITY OF IN-SERVICE TRUCK TIRE PRESSURES IN TEXAS
Accession Number: 00966580
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Truck tire pressure is closely related to tire-pavement contact pressure and could be an easy index representing the tire-pavement contact pressure level. To characterize in-service truck tire pressures and truck configurations on Texas highways, a truck survey was conducted on major Texas trucking routes. The survey data demonstrate a significant increase in in-service truck tire pressures in the state of Texas. Analysis of the collected tire-pressure data showed that factors such as axle weight, tire temperature, geographic area, highway class, traveled distance, and axle type are related to the in-service tire-pressure values. In a survey study, a factorial experiment design and a stratified sampling design were used. Analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, and t-tests were used for comparisons of truck tire-pressure data. Laboratory experiments and linear regression were used to identify relationships between the parameters of tire pressure and tire temperature. The survey results for in-service truck tire pressures and the comparisons and analyses of factors differentiating truck tire pressures are presented.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1853, Pavement Management and Rigid and Flexible Pavement Design 2003.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wang, FujianMachemehl, R BPagination: p. 157-164
Publication Date: 2003
Serial: ISBN: 0309085890
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I90: Vehicles
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Dec 11 2003 12:00AM
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