Measurement of Snow Surfaces and Tire Performance Evaluation

820346

02/01/1982

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Research on vehicle mobility in snow has recently become significantly updated by the use of instrumented vehicles. Utilizing triaxial load cells in the front wheel assemblies, the vehicles are capable of measuring the traction and motion resistance forces located at the tire/snow interface. Based on these measured quantities, snow surface characterization parameters are developed. Also, using an energetics approach, a tire performance parameter is developed which offers a measure of the slip-shear energy expended by a tire in moving a unit distance.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/820346
Pages
10
Citation
Blaisdell, G., and Harrison, W., "Measurement of Snow Surfaces and Tire Performance Evaluation," SAE Technical Paper 820346, 1982, https://doi.org/10.4271/820346.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1982
Product Code
820346
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English