The potential capacity of tires to create cornering forces on the roads covered with chemical anti-icing materials

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the study of the influence of chemical anti-icing materials on the capability of tires to create cornering forces that affect road holding and steerability of a vehicle. In this article bench and road methods of testing of tires rolling along the planes covered with chemical anti-icing materials have been applied. It demonstrates a research method used to determine the stationary and non-stationary characteristics of the elastic tires pull rolling along the planes covered with chemical anti-icing materials. The experiments are obtained in bench conditions on a special tire tester developed by scientists of the Department “Road transport” of Irkutsk National Research Technical University, as well as in road condition on a tire tester developed by scientists of the Department “Road transport” of Irkutsk National Research Technical University and the Department “Automobiles” of East Siberia State University of Technology and Management. The experimental results are presented in graphs. Obtained results allow concluding that on the roads covered with chemical anti-icing materials (CAIM) the capability of tires to create cornering forces is sharply reduced.