Lubricated Friction of Rubber. VI. Portable Rebound Tester, with Particular Application to Wet Skid Resistance of Tires

1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 881-889
Author(s):  
E. P. Percarpio ◽  
E. M. Bevilacqua

Abstract An important conclusion from Part V of this series is that the wet skid resistance of a tire tread rubber is almost completely determined by its resilience and hardness, resilience being the more important variable. A useful feature of this relation is that both measurements are nondestructive and can be made, in principle, on a finished tire. Hardness is easily measured with commercially available instruments, such as the Shore Durometer, but a comparably useful instrument, one portable and suitable for use to measure resilience of finished and mounted tires, was not available. We have made and used such an instrument and have found additionally that it has features which make it useful for other purposes, notably measurement of resilience of very thin rubber specimens.

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wu ◽  
C. Zhang ◽  
Y. Wang ◽  
B. Su ◽  
B. Gond

1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 832-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Bevilacqua ◽  
E. P. Percarpio

Abstract This review introduces a series of reports on a quantitative study of friction of rubber on wet surfaces. It was derived from concern over safety aspects of skidding on wet roads; this first paper deals with the relation between safety and traction. Subsequent papers deal with: A quantitative approach to characterization of road surfaces, identification of the surface features of importance, and estimation of their relative contributions to lubricated friction. Quantitative estimates of effects of properties of rubber materials on lubricated friction and an analysis of their relative importance in interaction with the significant features of the road surface. A quantitative basis for evaluation of wet skid resistance of roads, the choice of the rubber to be used in this evaluation, and methods of testing. An improved technique to measure the property of tread rubber important for wet skid resistance of tires. Identification and interpretation of the nature of friction on ice at low temperatures.


1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 258-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Takino ◽  
N. Isobe ◽  
H. Tobori ◽  
S. Kohjiya

Abstract The effect of cohesion loss factor on wet skid resistance has not been studied systematically using three major factors, i.e., adhesion, hysteresis, and cohesion. Two different abrasions, PICO and BPST, as the cohesion loss factor were investigated for different polymers, carbon black grades, and carbon black/oil loadings. These two abrasion mechanisms are quite different, and BPST abrasion was concluded to be more suitable as a cohesion loss factor for the BPST (wsn) and tire wet μa. From the difference between PICO and BPST abrasions, superior material factors were analyzed from the viewpoint of the compatibility of both abrasion life and wet skid resistance of tire.


2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Amino ◽  
Y. Uchiyama

Abstract In this study, the relationships between friction and viscoelastic properties such as loss tangent tan δ and storage modulusE′ were examined. Wet skid resistance was measured using the British Pendulum Tester. The rubber specimens were rubbed againstfive silicone carbide cloths of differing abrasive grain sizes. The viscoelastic properties of the rubber specimens were measured with a viscoelasticspectrometer. From the data on wet skid resistance and viscoelastic properties, it is found that the coefficient of friction μ varies as follows:           μ = a + b · tan δ/E′ where a and b are constants. Tan δ/E′ was related to the hysteresis term of friction, and the μ-frequency curves were compared with the tan δ/E′ –frequency curves.


2010 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Dong Pan ◽  
Paul Zakelj ◽  
Cara Adams ◽  
Akiko Neil ◽  
Greg Chaplin

Abstract The British pendulum skid tester (BPST) has been widely adopted for laboratory characterization of wet skid resistance (WSR) for rubber compounds. However, testing results are not yet well explained with material properties. For filled compounds made of the same styrene-butadiene rubber, on a Portland cement concrete surface wetted with water, WSR for compounds filled with inorganic oxides is higher than WSR for compounds filled with carbon black at the same filler volume fraction. However, such difference in WSR is eliminated under ethanol lubrication. Difference in WSR remains under ethanol lubrication between compounds filled with a reinforcing filler and compounds filled with a nonreinforcing filler. Accepting that dynamic deformation of rubber occurs in the frequency range between 103 and 106 Hz during testing with the BPST, loss tangent for the compounds is measured at various low temperatures but fails to correlate with WSR detected under water lubrication. Modification of bulk viscoelasticity from ethanol absorption should not be neglected for consideration of WSR under ethanol lubrication. During testing with the BPST, sliding noise generated by the assemblage of the spring and lever system in the pendulum with a rubber slider attached is captured under varied lubrication conditions. Both viscoelastic properties of rubber compounds and lubrication condition significantly affect sliding noise. However, no strict correlation between the intensity of sliding noise and WSR is observed. From frequency domain analysis, major components of the sliding noise lie in the frequency range between 500 and 5000 Hz for most compounds. For better understanding on testing with the BPST, modes of material deformation during dynamic sliding on a wet rough surface need to be further scrutinized.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (13) ◽  
pp. 4478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruoming Huang ◽  
Qiwei Pan ◽  
Zhaohui Chen ◽  
Kunhao Feng

As commercial rubber in tires, silica-filled solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber/butadiene rubber (SSBR/BR) compounds exhibited preferable wet skid resistance (WSR) properties, which could be further enhanced by the incorporation of some oligomeric resins. However, the untreated dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) resin shows a slight improvement in wet friction even if the good compatibility between DCPD and SBR owing to their common cyclic structures. For this problem to be addressed, we aimed to enhance its resin-silica interaction by reaction with maleic anhydride (MAH). In detail, the effect of MAH content on WSR, curing characteristics, physical-mechanical properties of the silica-filled SSBR/BR composites was investigated. When the MAH content is 4 wt% in the modified DCPD resin, the maximum enhancement of about 15% in tan δ values at 0 °C, as well as that of 17% in British pendulum skidding tester (BPST) index is obtained, indicating a desirable improvement in WSR. In addition of these two commonly used methods, water contact angles of the vulcanizates increase gradually with increasing MAH content, further confirming the remarkable performance of modified DCPD resin in WSR.


2016 ◽  
Vol 717 ◽  
pp. 3-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Wen Liu ◽  
Tao Zhuang ◽  
Guang Shui Yu ◽  
Shu Gao Zhao

The effects of rotor speed and discharging temperature on silica 1165MP-SSBR 5025-2 interaction as well as the mechanical properties and dynamic viscoelasticity are investigated in this work. The result shows that the discharging temperature increases linearly with increase of rotation speed, leading to increase of bound rubber content. The tensile strength, elongation at break and tear strength increase firstly, and then decrease with increase of rotation speed. However, the strength at 100% and 300% deformation decrease, and then they increase. The wet skid resistance of SSBR5025-2 filled with silica 1165MP improves with increase of rotation speed and discharging temperature, and the rolling resistance decreases.


2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingguo Wang ◽  
Jingrui Liu ◽  
Quande Cui ◽  
Xiao Xiao

ABSTRACT How to improve the wet skid resistance of rubber composites for tire tread while decreasing the rolling resistance is very important for both rubber researchers and industry. The irradiation-vulcanized elastomer particles, ultrafine fully-vulcanized powder nitrile butadiene rubber (UFPNBR), having the diameter of about 80 nm, were studied on modifying the dynamic mechanical properties of styrene butadiene rubber/natural rubber (SBR/NR) composites for tire tread. It is notable that the UFPNBR particles can improve the tanδ values of SBR/NR composites in a temperature range from −10 to 20 °C and decrease the tanδ values in the temperature range from 50 to 70 °C simultaneously, which indicates that the UFPNBR particles not only can improve the wet skid resistance but also can reduce the rolling resistance of the SBR/NR composites. On the other hand, the UFPNBR-modified SBR/NR composites also have good dynamic properties for safety operation of tires at high temperature and good tensile strength, tear strength, and fatigue properties in the range of 8 phr UFPNBR loadings.


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