Gripping a wet road.

Author(s)
French, T.
Year
Abstract

Each tyre of a car travelling at 60 mile/h must remove a gallon of water a second from the road if it is to maintain its grip. A high-speed photographic technique shows how this occurs, and car be used to test new tread patterns.

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Publication

Library number
A 2067 fo
Source

New Scientist, 11 July 1968, p. 89-91

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