International Workshop on the Use of Wide-Base Tires
Location
Federal Highway Administration
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
October 25-26, 2007
Purpose
Provide a venue for the exchange of ideas on the use and performance of wide-base tires on heavy trucks, both domestically and internationally. This includes the current state of knowledge on the pavement response to these tires. This will allow us to provide better direction for the current and future research in this field. The workshop interest will focus on the effect of wide-base tires on pavement performance, pavement design, environment, safety, freight, and highway policy.
Objectives
1. Identify the state of the practice of wide-base tires both domestically and internationally, both in terms of tire configuration and market share and demand.
2. Identify relevant recent and current national and international research efforts on wide-base tires.
3. Identify the research needs as to the effectiveness and impact of using wide-base tires.
Desired Outcomes
1. Provide direction of future research related to wide-base tires to improve our understanding of their impact on pavement and the environment and the implications for their increased use on infrastructure, the trucking industry, and the environment.
2. Establish collaboration between meeting attendees to initiate the research.
3. Communicate the results of this workshop through distribution of the minutes, presentations and supporting reference documents on the Asphalt Research Consortium (ARC) website and portable media.
