Calculation of the Structural Stiffness of Run-flat and Regular Tires by considering Strain Energy

The vertical stiffness of a tire is defined by the ratio of the vertical force to the deflection; it can be expressed as the combination of the structural stiffness and air stiffness. However, the calculation of the structural stiffness alone is challengeable, and therefore this paper presents a new methodology for extracting the structural stiffness from the strain energy of the regular and run-flat tires. In order to verify the authors' proposed method, the applied force-deflection relationship was compared with the calculated force-deflection relationship using the proposed energy method at zero air pressure. Further, the structural stiffness of the inflated regular and run-flat tires was calculated. In addition, the authors obtained the structural stiffness of the tire components to investigate the effect of each component on the overall structural stiffness of both tires. Finally, they analyzed the vertical and structural stiffness of the run-flat tire when the inflation pressure and the elastic modulus of the components were varied.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-019-0092-x
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2019, The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Authors:
  • Bae, Jong-Jin
  • You, Youngbin
  • Suh, Jong Beom
  • Kang, Namcheol
• Publication Date: 2019-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 979-987
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Automotive Technology
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
  • ISSN: 1229-9138
  • EISSN: 1976-3832
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12239

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deflection; Energy transfer; Finite element method; Stiffness; Structural analysis; Tire forces; Tire pressure; Tires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01719943
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 22 2019 2:42PM