Swift aquaplaning trials
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-27T13:36:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-27T13:36:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1965 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The object of the investigations at Cranfield is to investigate the effect of water depth, surface roughness — drainage characteristics and tyre pressure on aquaplaning and tyre ground friction. Tests at Cranfield are full scale on the single main— wheel undercarriage of a Vickers Supermarine Swift F.7. operated through ponds of water on a test surface. The test area is a precision surface, level to an accuracy of 1/16" over its entire width. The levelled area is built into runway 22-04 and consists of six different surfaces of varying texture, three of concrete and three of asphalt arranged as shown in fig. 1. The ponds are constructed of 1 1/2" T section rubber strip affixed to the surfaces by suitable adhesives which were selected after a series of tests. The Swift is fitted with an A.22 recorder giving traces of port and starboard wheel speeds, obtained by means of wheel speed generators, and airspeed. A modification is in hand to record oleo leg extension as a measure of wheel load and hydrodynamic force. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9353 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.publisher | College of Aeronautics | en_UK |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 81 | en_UK |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | COA/M-81 | en_UK |
| dc.title | Swift aquaplaning trials | en_UK |
| dc.type | Report | en_UK |