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CURRENT STATUS AND VARIABILITY OF IN-SERVICE TRUCK TIRE PRESSURES IN TEXAS

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00966580

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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

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Authors:

Wang, Fujian
Machemehl, R B

Pagination:

p. 157-164

Publication Date:

2003

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1853
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309085890

Features:

Figures (3) ; References (11) ; Tables (4)

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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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