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Coefficients of Friction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

E. C. Pike
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Summary

A summary is presented of information collected on coefficients of friction (rolling and sliding) between rubber tyres and road or runway surfaces. Nearly all the data collected are from tests on automobile tyres and are limited to speeds of about 40 m.p.h. In some cases the primary object of the tests was to distinguish between good and bad roads, and not to determine absolute values of friction coefficients.

The reasons for the importance of the information for aircraft design use are discussed and distinctions are made between coefficients measured in different ways.

The results show the variation of sliding friction coefficient with various parameters at speeds up to 40 m.p.h. There is a set of American tests at speeds up to 110 m.p.h., and some estimates made by the Dunlop Rubber Company up to 120 m.p.h.

It is concluded that for sliding friction coeficients differences in surface texture (as distinct from surface material) are significant, and that information can be given only in the form of limits within which the values can be expected to lie.

Few results are available on the variation of rolling resistance coefficient, but it is felt that the approximate values quoted for different types of surface are sufficiently accurate.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 468 , December 1949 , pp. 1085 - 1094
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1949

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