Truck tire testing on TIRF.

Author(s)
Bird, K.D. and Schuring, D.J.
Year
Abstract

The Calspan Tire Research Facility (TIRF) as a laboratory apparatus for testing truck tires is described and typical truck tire test result are presented. Test results are shown for a combined lateral slip and longitudinal slip operations of a truck tire on a dry road surface. Wet road cornering and braking characteristics of three different truck tires measured at TIRF show significant differences.

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Publication

Library number
B 11612 (In: B 11611) /91/ IRRD 219667
Source

In: Proceedings of a Symposium on Commercial Vehicle Braking and Handling, Ann Arbor, May 1975, p. 3-40, 2 fig., 18 graph., 2 tab., 8 ref.

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