Interaction between aircraft tire and grooved pavement under snow slurry pollution

CAI Jing; ZHAO Fei; HUANG Yu-dai; LI Jian-ping; CHEN Hong-yan; SUN De-xin

doi:10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.190

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CAI Jing, ZHAO Fei, HUANG Yu-dai, LI Jian-ping, CHEN Hong-yan, SUN De-xin. Interaction between aircraft tire and grooved pavement under snow slurry pollution[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2026, 26(8): 217-230. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.190

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CAI Jing, ZHAO Fei, HUANG Yu-dai, LI Jian-ping, CHEN Hong-yan, SUN De-xin. Interaction between aircraft tire and grooved pavement under snow slurry pollution[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2026, 26(8): 217-230. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.190

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Interaction between aircraft tire and grooved pavement under snow slurry pollution

doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.190

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School of Traffic Science and Engineering, Civil Aviation University of China, Tianjin 300300, China
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Civil Aviation Airport Intelligent Construction and Industrialization Engineering Technology Research Center, Tianjin 300456, China
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School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin 300384, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 52472369

Tianjin Science and Technology Innovation Guidance Special Fund 25YDTPJC00370

Tianjin Transportation Science and Technology General Project 2025-70

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Corresponding author: CAI Jing, professor, PhD, E-mail: caijing75@163.com
Received Date: 2025-11-15
Accepted Date: 2026-01-23
Rev Recd Date: 2026-01-02
Publish Date: 2026-08-28

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To enhance aircraft operational safety on grooved pavements with snow pollution, a finite element model for aircraft tire-grooved pavement with snow slurry pollution was established based on the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The reliability of the model was validated using NASA full-scale snow slurry taxiing test data and ESDU theoretical formulas. The operation status of the Airbus A320 aircraft at different taxiing speeds, snow slurry thicknesses, and tire wear degrees was simulated. The influences of rectangular, trapezoidal, and V-shaped pavement grooves on tire forces and snow splashing characteristics were compared and analyzed. According to the analysis results, trapezoidal grooves have the best drainage capacity for pavement pollutants. Compared with rectangular and V-shaped grooves, the pavement support force provided by trapezoidal grooves increases by up to 8.36% and 10.92%, respectively, with the displacement resistance lower by up to 12.30% and 19.00%. The depth of pavement grooves significantly affects the critical dangerous speed of the aircraft. As the groove depth reduces from 6 mm to 0 mm, the critical dangerous speed decreases from 73 to 69 m·s^-1. The snow splash quantity by tires exhibits significant differences from large to small, with V-shaped grooves, rectangular grooves, and trapezoidal grooves showing distinct patterns, and trapezoidal grooves have a better suppression effect on tire snow splashing. The snow splash quantity in the dangerous area of the engine intake port drops by about 23% compared with V-shaped grooves. Tire groove depth significantly affects skid-resistant performance. When the groove depth wears to 3 mm (wear rate of 70%), the rolling friction force decreases by more than 30% compared with new tires. The snow splash quantity increases by 33.19%, necessitating the timely replacement of the tire. These findings provide a theoretical basis for airport pavement skid-resistant design and tire maintenance.
- airport engineering,
- grooved pavement,
- SPH algorithm,
- tire-pavement interaction,
- snow slurry pollution,
- critical dangerous speed

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