A Study of the Effect of the Wheel Load, Tire Dimensions and Water Depth on the Vehicle Critical Speed in Wet Roads

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Ibrahem A. Muhsin
Muhsin A. Marie

Abstract

A study of the critical speed of the vehicles on the wet roads has been done. And how it
is affected by the following parameters: wheel load , tire width, tire radius and water layer depth
and also the nature of the contact area of the tire (grooved or smooth).
It was found that the wheel load increase the critical speed positively while the tire
width, the tire radius and the water layer depth decreased the critical speed, It was also found
that grooves in the tire surface improve vehicle performance on wet roads .

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