A study to determine the degree that pavement surfaces are abraded or scored by the passage of vehicles equipped with such tires. Two test loops were chosen for the study. Each loop included both rigid and flexible pavement. The trucks traveled about 40 mph during the test and the speed of the passenger cars was in the 50-55 mph range. Two test vehicles with both front and rear wheels equipped with studded tires traversed each loop. All test vehicles made 10,000 circuits. Six sites were selected along each test loop for wear measurements, three for rigid and three for flexible pavement. Five transverse lines of reference plugs on 3-foot centers were established at each site. Four reference points were installed in the pavement on each transverse line, two for inner and two for outer wheel-path wear measurements. A steel straight edge placed on the reference points served as a datum for the wear measurements. For the purpose of determining the best measurement method, wear readings were taken with a depth gage, a venier caliper and a thickness gage. One set of measurements were taken before the start of the test and every two thousand circuits thereafter. The surface texture of the pavement at each test site was recorded periodically with a Texas texturemeter and was also obtained before and after test by means of plaster casts. Significant wear occurred at both test loops. The range in maximum wear for the truck test loop was 0.050-0.174 inch and 0.022-0.170 inch for flexible and rigid pavements, respectively. (Author)


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    Title :

    Effects of Carbide Studded Tires on Roadway Surfaces


    Contributors:
    A. Lee (author) / T. A. Page (author) / R. de Carrera (author)

    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    126 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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