Bioretention cells are popular stormwater management systems for controlling peak runoff and improving water quality. A case study on a functional large-scale bioretention cell laboratory column experiment was conducted to evaluate the concentrations retention efficiency of towards tire wear particles (TWP). The presence TWP observed in all soil fractions (<50 µm, 50–100 100–500 >500 µm) ...

The hysteresis loss theory of rolling resistance is developed for solid rubber wheelchair tires. The analysis is used to correlate test data for a clay-filled natural rubber and a polyurethane tire material. A discussion of tire rolling work, hysteresis loss factor measurement, and rolling loss measurement is presented. An example calculation of rolling resistance for a polyurethane tire is giv...

IN T R O D U C T IO N The question of whether the use of metal studs in automobile tires should be permitted as an aid to winter driving has been a highly controversial issue in Minnesota for a number of years. The state leg­ islature in biennial sessions had legalized their use on Minnesota roads and streets for six successive winters from October 1965 through May 1971. But during its last ses...

The purpose of this study was to characterize the physical and chemical properties of particles generated from the interaction of tires and road surfaces. Morphology, size distribution, and chemical composition were compared between particles generated using different methods, including on-road collection, laboratory generation under simulated driving conditions, and cryogenic breaking of tread...

in this research, surface composite layers containing nano sized tib2, al2o3-tib2, zro2 and cnt particles have been fabricated on aluminum alloy substrates by friction stir processing. the effects of different processing variables such as number of passes and strengthening particle distribution, hardness, and wear properties of surface nanocomposite layers have been evaluated by electron micros...

Gamma processes and their variants are natural choices for degradation modeling of many products. Motivated by practical needs, this paper investigates semiparametric inference of the simple gamma process model and the random effect variant. Maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) are obtained through the EM algorithm, while the confidence intervals are constructed via the bootstrap method. The sim...

A tire and landing gear test facility has been developed and incorporated into a Convair 990 aircraft. The system can simulate tire vertical load profiles to 250,000 lb, sideslip angles to 15 degrees, and wheel braking on actual runways. Onboard computers control the preprogrammed test profiles through a feedback loop and also record three axis loads, tire slip angle, and tire condition. The ai...

The main sources of non-exhaust vehicular emissions that contribute to road dust are tire, brake and clutch wear, road surface wear, and other vehicle and road component degradation. This study is an attempt to identify and investigate heavy metals in urban and motorway road dusts as well as in dust from brake linings and tires. Road dust was collected from sections of the A-4 motorway in Polan...