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• Influence of Road Wetness on Tire-Pavement Rolling Resistance

  Publication

  • J. Ejsmont
  • L. Sjogren
  • B. Świeczko-Żurek
  • G. Ronowski

  - Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture - Year 2015

  Rolling resistance of tires is one of the most important factors influencing energy consumption of road vehicles, especially on rural roads. For practical reasons, most of rolling resistance measurements are usually performed for dry road conditions. Based on the fact that roads are wet during a considerable time over the year and as part of the projects MIRIAM, ROLRES and ROSANNE, the TUG (Technical University of Gdańsk) in Poland...

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