1、Designation: F2493 14Standard Specification forP225/60R16 97S Radial Standard Reference Test Tire1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2493; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.
2、 A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope1.1 This specification covers the general requirements forthe P225/60R16 97S radial standard reference test tire. The tirecovered by thi
3、s specification is primarily for use as a referencetire for braking traction, snow traction, and wear performanceevaluations, but may also be used for other evaluations, such aspavement roughness, noise, or other tests that require areference tire.1.1.1 Other standard reference test tires are also u
4、sed forthese purposes and are referenced in Section 2.1.2 This specification provides a rim code diameter of 16standard tire design and construction, standard dimensions, andspecifies the conditions of storage.1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard. The values given
5、in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish app
6、ro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2D412 Test Methods for Vulcanized Rubber and Thermoplas-tic ElastomersTensionD2240 Test Method for Rubber PropertyDurometer Hard-nessD3182 Practice
7、for RubberMaterials, Equipment, and Pro-cedures for Mixing Standard Compounds and PreparingStandard Vulcanized SheetsE867 Terminology Relating to Vehicle-Pavement SystemsE1136 Specification for P195/75R14 Radial Standard Refer-ence Test TireF538 Terminology Relating to the Characteristics and Per-fo
8、rmance of TiresF2870 Specification for 315/70R22.5 154/150L RadialTruck Standard Reference Test TireF2871 Specification for 245/70R19.5 136/134M RadialTruck Standard Reference Test TireF2872 Specification for 225/75R16C 116/114S M+S RadialLight Truck Standard Reference Test Tire3. Terminology3.1 Def
9、initions:3.1.1 For definitions of terms used in this specification, referto Terminology F538.3.1.2 all-season tread, ntread design providing dry, wet,and snow traction performance for an optimized balance foryear-round performance and which may meet the RubberManufacturers Association (RMA) definiti
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