Braking force coefficients obtained with a sample of currently available radial ply and crossed ply car tyres.

Author(s)
Meades, J.K.
Year
Abstract

This note gives the braking force coefficients of 5 radial ply and 5 crossed ply tyres on 4 wet road surfaces at speeds of between 30 mile/h and 130 mile/h. The coefficients were evaluated by braking the front wheels of a car until these locked and measuring the resulting deceleration. Both "peak" and "locked wheel" braking force coefficients could be determined from the records.

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Library number
A 578 [electronic version only]
Source

Crowthorne, Berkshire, Road Research Laboratory RRL, 1967, 17 p.; RRL Report 73.

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