The Development of Techniques to Measure Vehicle Spray on Wet Roads
740526
02/01/1974
- Event
- Content
- Several techniques have been developed to measure the relative amount of splash and spray produced by vehicles when driven on wet roads at highway speeds under controlled conditions. This paper discusses considerations in the development of measurement techniques such as those utilizing photographs, a photometer, densitometer, spraymeter, and spray collector.The development of each technique is described. Some test data utilizing the photometer and densitometer techniques are presented in a comparison of two different trucks run on two different road surfaces with new and worn tires, fully loaded and unloaded, and under light and heavy road moisture conditions.
- Pages
- 13
- Citation
- Ritter, T., "The Development of Techniques to Measure Vehicle Spray on Wet Roads," SAE Technical Paper 740526, 1974, https://doi.org/10.4271/740526.