Highway Engineering - Engineering

Q1:

The distance travelled by revolving the wheel of a vehicle more than its circumferential movement, is known as

A slip

B skid

C neither (a) nor (b)

D both (a) and (b)

ANS:B - skid

Skidding is the lateral motion of the contact area of the tyre of a moving vehicle over the surface of road. But slip is the the distance travelled by revolving wheel of a vehicle more than its circumferential movement.