The braking and driving tractive effectiveness of aftermarket microsiping of all-season design radial tires was studied as an alternative to standard traction aids such as snow tires, studs, and chains. Microsiping is a process that involves laterally slicing the tires to a depth close to that of the tread depth, thus dividing each tread element into several adjacent, contacting elements. Microsiping removes virtually no material from the tire. From previous studies, it is known that traction on ice is overwhelmingly dependent on the adhesion between the ice surface and the tire tread compound. Since microsiping does not alter the compound, a measureable improvement in traction on ice for several tire types and temperatures, as expected, was not found.


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    Title :

    Comparative Tractive Performance of Microsiped and Conventional Radial Tire Designs


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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