Road grip on roads depend on many factors and different techniques are available to estimate available road grip. To ensure that entrepreneurs have successfully restored the road grip to an acceptable level both entrepreneurs and road keepers need tools to evaluate present road grip. Information about road grip can also be utilized directly in a vehicle if available, for systems such as ABS, traction control, etc. To evaluate a non-contact method based on three laser beams with different frequency this equipment was mounted on a car equipped with a fifth wheel behind the car. The wheel is angled about 1.5 degrees compared with the centreline of travel. A force sensor in the hub measures forces acting on a standard winter tire also mounted to the hub, this is considered to be one measurement of road grip. The main reason is to see how well one can estimate road grip with a low cost non contact device made with Laser beams in combination with a photodiode.
Godkänd; 2010; Bibliografisk uppgift: Bidragets titel på franska: Mesure de l’adhérence directe par glissement latéral faible, par rapport à la réflexion de trois faisceaux laser sur la surface; 20091211 (niceng)