Konferens: HVTT12: International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology, 2012, Stockholm

This paper describes progress made under a research project which aims to quantify the relationship between pavement surface wear and heavy vehicle tyre forces. The tyre forces applied to various pavement surface types by new configurations and loadings of freight vehicles are often not known. The paper discusses how this need was addressed by commissioning new equipment that can apply tyre forces and slips to a pavement surface at full scale, representing any single or dual tyre from any steer, drive or trailer wheel from any heavy vehicle combination. A new technique used to measure and quantify pavement surface wear is also described which provides an improved understanding of the failure modes present and how these are linked to tyre contact patch forces.