Effects of asphalt pavement texture on hydroplaning threshold speed

Hydroplaning speed can be affected by pavement texture depth,thickness of water film,tire pressure and tread depth.In this study,to understand the influence of pavement texture on the hydroplaning speed,a new lab-scale apparatus has been designed and manufactured.The lack of proportion between linear movement of vehicle shaft and the wheel rotation was found to be a good index to determine hydroplaning threshold.A 5%drop in the ratio of wheel-to-axle rotation has been assumed as an index to determine hydroplaning threshold.Based on the measures,a simplified model was developed that is able to predict the hydroplaning speed depending on pavement's texture characteristics.The results indicated that a 77%increase in mean texture depth cause 9%increase in hydroplaning threshold speed.

Simulation of vehicle braking behavior on wet asphalt pavement based on tire hydroplaning and frictional energy dissipation

To investigate the influence of wet conditions on vehicle braking behavior,a numerical-analytical method was proposed for the simulation of tire hydroplaning and frictional energy dissipation. First, a finite element model of tire hydroplaning was established using the coupled EulerianLagrangian method,including a pneumatic tire model and a textured asphalt pavement model. Then,the frictional force on the tire-pavement interface at different speeds was calculated by the model. Based on vehicle braking mechanism and frictional energy dissipation,a calculation method for braking distance was proposed based on a three-stage braking process. The proposed method was verified by comparing the calculated hydroplaning speed and braking distance with field test results.Then,vehicle braking distances and wet friction coefficients were calculated under different conditions. The results show that thinner water film,a more complex tread pattern and higher tire inflation pressure all contribute to the vehicle braking performance; moreover, the pavement texture has obvious influence on vehicle braking behavior,especially at a high speed. The proposed method shows great effectiveness in predicting vehicle braking behavior on wet asphalt pavements.

Verification of Tire Hydroplaning Phenomenon Using Coupled FSI Simulation by CFD and FEM

Hydroplaning phenomenon is one of the major factors that must be considered to ensure safe driving on wet road surfaces. In this paper, the approach to numerical simulation of the physical hydroplaning characteristics using patterned tire is described. A detailed 3-D patterned tire model is constructed by in-house modeling program and the water flow is considered as incompressible. The complex tire material compositions are effectively modeled using composites, and rubber properties generalize the Mooney-Rivlin model. The finite element method (FEM) and the advanced finite volume method (FVM) are used for structural and for fluid-tire interaction analysis, respectively. Performance prediction of hydroplaning via coupling of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and FEM has delivered a detailed insight into the local mechanisms and root causes of hydroplaning. Numerical examples were verified by comparing the experimental test results and it is confirmed to indicate similar correlation tendency and high reliability. The effect of driving velocity, pattern groove size, and pattern direction on hydroplaning phenomenon of tire is discussed and logical results were obtained.

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics based numerical study of hydroplaning considering permeability characteristics of runway surface

The presence of water films on a runway surface presents a risk to the landing of aircraft.The tire of the aircraft is separated from the runway due to a hydrodynamic force exerted through the water film,a phenomenon called hydroplaning.Although a lot of numerical investigations into hydroplaning have been conducted,only a few have considered the impact of the runway permeability.Hence,computational problems,such as excessive distortion and computing efficiency decay,may arise with such numerical models when dealing with the thin water film.This paper presents a numerical model comprising of the tire,water film,and the interaction with the runway,applying a mathematical model using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite element(SPH-FE)algorithm.The material properties and geometric features of the tire model were included in the model framework and water film thicknesses from 0.75 mm to 7.5 mm were used in the numerical simulation.Furthermore,this work investigated the impacts of both surface texture and the runway permeability.The interaction between tire rubber and the rough runway was analyzed in terms of frictional force between the two bodies.The SPH-FE model was validated with an empirical equation proposed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA).Then the computational efficiency of the model was compared with the traditional coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian(CEL)algorithm.Based on the SPH-FE model,four types of the runway(Flat,SMA-13,AC-13,and OGFC-13)were discussed.The simulation of the asphalt runway shows that the SMA-13,AC-13,and OGFC-13 do not present a hydroplaning risk when the runway permeability coefficient exceeds 6%.

Model Construction and Numerical Simulation for Hydroplaning of Complex Tread Tires

Euler-Lagrange coupling method is used to establish the fluid-structure interaction model for tires with different tread patterns by obtaining the grounding mark and normal contact force between tire and the road surface during tire rolling.The altering of load force,tire pressure,and water film thickness in relation to the effect on tire-road force during both constant speed and critical hydroplaning speed was analyzed.Results show that the critical hydroplaning speed and normal contact force between tire and the road surface are positively correlated with vehicle load and tire pressure and negatively correlated with water film thickness.Python language is used to develop the pre-processing plug-ins to achieve parametric modeling and rapid creation of Finite Element Analysis(FEA)model to reduce time costs,and the effectiveness of the plug-ins is verified through comparative tests.

Runout prediction and dynamic characteristic analysis of a potential submarine landslide in Liwan 3-1 gas field

A large number of submarine landslides with different scales have been identified in the canyon area of the submarine pipeline route of Liwan 3-1 gas field. There is still much chance that submarine slope failures would happen, and the following mass movement would present great risk to the submarine pipeline. In view of this, a numerical prediction method based on Eulerian-Eulerian two-phase flow model is introduced to simulate the mass movement of potential submarine landslides. The sliding soil and ambient water are respectively simulated by Herschel-Bulkley rheology model and Newtonian fluid model. The turbulence is simulated using the k-e model. Compared with both the experiment data and Bing result, the two-phase flow model shows a good accuracy, and its result is more close to the actual situation; the dynamic coupling between soil and ambient water can be effectively simulated and the phenomena of hydroplaning and head detachment can be obtained. Finally, the soil movement of a potential submarine landslide is simulated as an example, according to the seismic profile in the canyon area. The result shows that the hydroplaning occurs during the movement process. The runout distance calculated by the two-phase flow model is 877 m, which is 27.1% larger than the Bing result. However, the peak front velocity of soil is relative small, with a maximum value of 8.32 m/s. The Bing program with a simple and rapid process can be used for a preliminary evaluation, while the two-phase flow model is more appropriate for an accurate assessment.

Mechanics of granular column collapse in fluid at varying slope angles

This paper investigates the effect of initial volume fraction on the runout characteristics of collapse of granular columns on slopes in fluid. 2-D sub-grain scale numerical simulations are performed to understand the flow dynamics of granular collapse in fluid. The discrete element method（DEM） technique is coupled with the lattice Boltzmann method（LBM）, for fluid-grain interactions, to understand the evolution of submerged granular flows. The fluid phase is simulated using multiple-relaxation-time LBM（LBM-MRT） for numerical stability. In order to simulate interconnected pore space in 2-D, a reduction in the radius of the grains（hydrodynamic radius） is assumed during LBM computations. The collapse of granular column in fluid is compared with the dry cases to understand the effect of fluid on the runout behaviour. A parametric analysis is performed to assess the influence of the granular characteristics（initial packing） on the evolution of flow and run-out distances for slope angles of 0 °, 2.5°, 5 ° and 7.5 °. The granular flow dynamics is investigated by analysing the effect of hydroplaning, water entrainment and viscous drag on the granular mass. The mechanism of energy dissipation, shape of the flow front, water entrainment and evolution of packing density is used to explain the difference in the flow characteristics of loose and dense granular column collapse in fluid.