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To: AZLiberty

Tire tread wear? Mathematical models? I guess one would expect some seat-riding bureau genius to want to wear out tires on his lap top. But in 1966 Washington State University at Pullman, with funding from DOT, WashDOT, and the U. built a facility to do exactly that. I think some of the truck tire makers even helped fund it. It was a circular track about 100 feet in diameter, 10 feet wide, with a 3-armed carriage mounted so that it would travel epicyclly, spreading the tire tracks all over the pavement. It had a water tank in the center so the load could be varied and it was designed to test both tire wear and pavement types, even at various speeds.

It would be asking way too much to expect the deskriders to use that facility to find out exactly what they want to know about EV tire wear and pavement loading.


1,707 posted on 03/25/2024 1:30:28 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: OldWarBaby

As a kid I was carted past that facility quite a few times when the family was off to something.


1,743 posted on 03/25/2024 5:05:29 PM PDT by Axenolith (Tagline not found, Loading "run around like chicken with head cut off...")
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