Traction rubber

New Winter-TufT Ice Traction Rubber Overshoes are lightweight and flexible. Injected molded and 100-percent waterproof, Winter-Tuff s 46 rust- and corrosion-resistant tungsten carbide studs provide excellent slip resistance on ice and snow pack surfaces. Walk with confidence with Winter-Tuff. For more information, please visit the Tingley Rubber website at www.tingleyrubber.com. Circle 310... 

Polyethylene separators offer the best balanced property spectrum excellent mechanical and chemical stability as well as good values for acid availability and electrical resistance have established their breakthrough to be the leading traction battery separator. Rubber separators, phenolic resin-resorcinol separators, and mi-croporous PVC separators are more difficult to handle than polyethylene separators their lack of flexibility does not allow folding into sleeves or use in a meandering assembly in addition they are more expensive. 

FIGURE 22.13 Simple analytical model of hysteresis friction of rubber moving over a rough road profile left). Tire on a wet road track, where hysteresis energy losses dominate the traction behavior right). (From Kluppef M. and Heinrich, G., Kautschuk, Gummi, Kunststojfe, 58, 217, 2005. With permission.)... 

Rubber Friction and Abrasion in Relation to Tire Traction and Wear... 

Tire traction describes the force transmission between tire and road under aU eventualities. It is the prerequisite for controlled steering, acceleration, and braking of self-propelled vehicles on flat tracks. It finds its upper limit in the frictional force when total sliding occurs. Two aspects have therefore to be considered The mechanics of force transmission of elastic wheels and its relation to rubber friction. 

FIGURE 26.6 Friction master curve of an acrylate-butadiene rubber (ABR) gum compound on an Alumina 180 wet surface, (a) wetted with distilled water and (b) 5% detergent added to the water. (From Grosch, K.A., The Physics of Tire Traction, Theory and Experiment, Hayes, D.L. and Browne, A.L. (eds.). Plenum Press, New York/London, 1974.)... 

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