Open AccessA Study of the Effect of the Wheel Load, Tire Dimensions and Water Depth on the Vehicle Critical Speed in Wet Roads
Author(s) -
Ibrahem Ali Muhsin,
Muhsin A. Marie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
mağallaẗ tikrīt li-l-ʻulūm al-handasiyyaẗ/tikrit journal of engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-7589
pISSN - 1813-162X
DOI - 10.25130/tjes.21.1.01
Subject(s) - critical speed , tire balance , radius , automotive engineering , contact patch , engineering , traffic speed , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , structural engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , computer science , transport engineering , composite material , natural rubber , computer security , rotor (electric) , tread
A study of the critical speed of the vehicles on the wet roads has been done. And how itis affected by the following parameters: wheel load , tire width, tire radius and water layer depthand also the nature of the contact area of the tire (grooved or smooth).It was found that the wheel load increase the critical speed positively while the tirewidth, the tire radius and the water layer depth decreased the critical speed, It was also foundthat grooves in the tire surface improve vehicle performance on wet roads .