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Automobile Tire Hydroplaning - a Study of Wheel Spin-Down and Other Variables AUTOMOBILE TIRE HYDROPLANING - A STUDY OF WHEEL SPIN-DOWN AND OTHER VARIABLES. by A. J. Stocker Associate Research Engineer J. T. Dotson Research Associate and D. L. Ivey Research Engineer Research Report Number 147-3F Variables Associated with Hydroplaning Research Study Number 2-10-70-147 Sponsored by The Texas Highway Department In Cooperation With The U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration August 1974 TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1ecnnleal Reports Cant~r · TWtaS Tra~ 'rstiMe HCHNICAL REPORT STANOARD TITLF PAGI 1. R"port No, 2. Government Aceession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. 4. Title and Subtitle 5, Report Dote AUTOMOBILE TIRE HYDROPLANING - A STUDY OF WHEEL August 1974 SPIN-DOWN AND OTHER VARIABLES 6. Performing Organization Code 7, Author/ s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. A. J. Stocker, J. T. Dotson, and D. L. Ivey Research Report 147-3F 9. Performing Organization Nome and Address 10. Work Unit No. Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University 11. Contract or Grant No. College Station, Texas 77843 Research Study 2-10-70-147 13. Type of Raport and Period Covered 12. Sponsoring Agency Nome and Address Final Report - September 19 9 Texas Highway Department August 1974 11th and Brazos Austin, Texas 78701 14. Sp-::ansoring Agency Code I 5. Supplementary Notes Research performed in cooperation with DOT, FHWA. Research Study Title: "Variables Associated with Hydroplaning." .. 16 . Ab"••c•A study of the wet weather characteristics of five different pavements and ten different tires is presented. The pavements studied were a portland cement concrete, a seal coat surface treatment, a hot mix asphalt, a jennite surface and a longitudinally grooved portland cement concrete. The tires studied were several bias ply tires with different tread depths, a wide tire with full tread, a test standard tire, a smooth fiberglass belted tire and a full tread steel belted radial. In this study, wheel spin-down was used as the criterion for the detection of hydroplaning and the variables considered were tire tread depth, tire inflation pressure, water depth and wheel 1oad. A sloping trough 800 ft. long, 30 in. wide and 4 in. deep was used in obtaining the data. The results indicate that the sea 1 coat surface treatment requires a considerably higher ground speed to cause spin-down than do the other pavements tested. It was also observed that no single critical speed, necessary for wheel spin-down to occur, exists for the range of variables selected, but it is recommended that there be a reduction of speed to 50 mph for any section of highway on which water can accumulate to 0.1 inch or more during wet weather periods. 17. Key w.. d, highways, pavements, water dept hl~. Distribution Statement hydroplaning, spin-down, surface tex- ture, tire inflation pressure, tire / tread depth, grooved pavements. 19. Security Clouil. {of this report) 20. Security Cloaaif. {of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price ·- Unclassified Unclassified 116 Form DOT F 1700.7 1&•691 ·- TTI-2-10-70-147-3F ERRATA SHEET for Research Report 147-3F, "Auto!l'obile Hydroplaning--A Study of Wheel Spin-Down and Other Variables," by A. J. Stocker, J. T. [lotson, and D. L. Ivey, Texas Transportation Institute, Colleqe Station, Texas. Pa9e 30 TO.ll L0.43 ro.sg wrong: d 3.38 X 103 = S0.42 To. 11 L0.43 r0.59 correct: d 3.38 X 10-3 = s0.42 wrong: d = Water depth in inches correct: d = Average water depth above top of texture in inches wrong: S = Cross slope in in./ft. correct: S = Cross slope in ft./ft. j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j j TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix DISCLAIMER ix ABSTRACT X SUMI~ARY xi IMPLEMENTATION .xi i I. INTRODUCTION . 1 II. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 3 III. SELECTION OF PARAMETERS 8 IV. EXPERIMENTATION . 12 v. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS 16 c' VI. APPLICABILITY TO SAFE ~ WET WEATHER SPEEDS. 27 ;,' VII. CONCLUSIONS . 32 i .t t ! REFERENCES . 34 ;i· ;: ~· 'f ~' E l I' ! ~ w N ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 !! I LIST OF FIGURES 1. The Hydroplaning Trough ..... 14 2. Typical Water Depth Reading Taken Before Test on Hydroplaning Trough ... 14 3. Tow Truck and Instrumented Test Trailer 15 4. Typical Test Run on Hydroplaning Trough 15 5. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Concrete Pavement -Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.25 in . 39 6. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in . 40 7. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Concrete Pavement -Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.40 in . 41 8. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.70 in . 42 9. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Seal Coat Surface Treatment -Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in . 43 10. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Seal Coat Surface Treatment - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.70 in . 44 11. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Seal Coat Surface Treatment -Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.40 in 45 12. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Seal Coat Surface Treatment - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.70 in 46 13. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 4 - 0.40 in 47 14. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 7 - 0.40 in 48 iii LIST OF FIGURES (cont'd) 15. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.33 in . 49 16. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Jennite Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.33 in . 50 17. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Jennite Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in . 51 18. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Jennite Pavement - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.40 in . 52 19. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 1 - WD = 0.40 in. 53 !. 1 " 20. t Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down I 1 for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement i Tire No. 3 - WD = 0.40 in. 54 I 21. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Wheel Spin-Down f for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - I I Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in. 55 . ' "'·' 22. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Hheel Spin-Down J H ' for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.25 in. 56 23. Effect of Vehicre Ground Speed on ~lhee 1 Spin-Down for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 9 - WD = 0.33 in. 57 iv - LIST OF FIGURES (cont'd) 24. Effect of Vehicle Ground Speed on Hheel Spin-Down for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 10 - WD = 0.40 in. 58 25. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 7 - WD = 0.40 in . 59 26. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.40 in . 60 27. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 5 - WD = 0.40 in . 61 28. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Seal Coat Surface Treatment- Tire.No. 4 - WD = 0.70 in 62 29. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Seal Coat Surface Treatment - Tire No. 8 - WD = 0.70 in 63 30. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 2 - WD = 0.40 in .. 64 31. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in .. 65 32. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Hot Mix Pavement - Tire No. 7 - WD = 0.40 in. 66 33. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Hot Mix Pavement -Tire No. 7 - WD = 0.33 in .. 67 34. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Jennite Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in .. 68 35. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Jennite Pavement -Tire No. 5 - WD = 0.40 in .. 69 v LIST OF FIGURES (cont'd) 36. Comparison of Experimental Results with NASA Equation for Jennite Pavement -Tire No. 5 - ~JD = 0.33 in .• 70 37. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 9 - WD = 0. 25 in.. 71 38. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement- Tire No. 9 - WD = 0.40 in ..... 72 39. Comparison of Experimental Results to NASA Equation for Longitudinally Grooved Concrete Pavement - Tire No. 4 - WD = 0.40 in ••. 73 40. Effect of Water Depth and Wheel Load on Ground Speed to Cause 10% Spin-Down - Tire No. 8 . • • . • 74 41. Effect of Water Depth and Wheel Load on Ground Speed to Cause 10% Spin-Down - Tire No. 7 .... 75 42. Effect of Water Depth and Tire Aspect Ratio on Speed to Cause 10% Spin-Down - Pavement No. 1 .. 76 43. Effect of Water Depth and Tread Depth on Speed to Cause 10% Spin-Down - Pavement No.
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