Contact Phenomenon of Free-Rolling Wide-Base Tires: Effect of Speed and Temperature
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
The finite-element method was used to quantify the effect of temperature and speed on contact area, deflection, and three-dimensional contact stresses of a free-rolling wide-base tire. The tire model comprised material properties identified in the laboratory and/or provided by the tire manufacturer (hyperviscoelastic rubber and linear elastic reinforcement) and accurate geometry. The model was validated using measured deflection and contact area. The analysis matrix consisted of 81 cases resulting from a combination of three loads, tire-inflation pressures, speeds, and temperatures. Four criteria were used to compare contact stresses: range, average, root-mean-square error, and coefficient of determination. Speed and temperature influence the contact area more than deflection. Longitudinal contact stresses were the most affected, followed by transverse contact stresses. In general, under constant load and tire-inflation pressure, the influence of temperature was more significant on the considered output variables than the effect of speed.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Federal Highway Administration. This study used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1053575.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering
Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Jul 17, 2015
Accepted: May 10, 2016
Published online: Jul 14, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 14, 2016
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