The effects of salts on road drying rates, tire friction, and invisible wetness.

Author(s)
Mortimer, T.P. & Ludema, K.C.
Year
Abstract

Roads may be slippery even through they are not visibly wet, as water films of invisible thickness cause substantial reductions in skid resistance on some road surfaces. This condition is present during the drying period immediately after a rainfall and on those surfaces that have been coated with de-icing salts.

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Library number
B 3182 (In: B 3177 S) /23/ IRRD 205580
Source

In: Pavement friction characteristics and water depths, Highway Research Record HRR No. 396, 1972, p. 45-58, 17 fig., 6 ref.

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