Abstract
Traction characteristics of lugged and smooth tires were compared on prepared traffic lanes and on conventional seedbed conditions. Results indicated that elevated traffic lanes offer important traction advantages over seedbeds in wet soil conditions. In dry soil conditions, traction on elevated traffic lanes was sometimes less than on the seedbed conditions. A timeliness advantage in mobility for the elevated traffic lanes was found to be up to 2 days in extremely wet conditions. A non-elevated traffic lane showed no traction advantage in wet conditions.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1986
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.30160
Repository Citation
Burt, Eddie C.; Taylor, James H.; and Wells, Larry G., "Traction Characteristics of Prepared Traffic Lanes" (1986). Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications. 185.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/bae_facpub/185
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Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Commons, Soil Science Commons, Transportation Commons
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Transactions of the ASAE, v. 29, issue 2, p. 393-397, 401.
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