SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1990
STP23359S

New-Generation Skid Testers for the 1990s

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Economical friction testers are needed which will generate more useful data than current testers, especially with the abolishment of the 88-km/h speed limit and the increasing use by automakers of antilock braking systems. Three basic methods designs for testers, the ribbed/blank-tire, the spinup, and the spindown, are evaluated. It is found that the two-wheel ribbed/blank-tire method can be used by existing testers to provide the optimum amount of data without mechanical modifications. The test-wheel spinup method, which obtains the skid number/speed relationship, is recommended for newly built testers.

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Wambold, JC
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Meyer, WE
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Henry, JJ
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Developed by Committee: E17
Pages: 138–153
DOI: 10.1520/STP23359S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5110-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-1391-6