THE INFLUENCE OF TIRE MODELING IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SIMULATION

It has been shown that the predicted vehicle rolling motion depends on the manner in which the tires are represented. Omission of tire flexibility introduced errors of 10-20% for the specimen vehicle. It must be concluded therefore that the approximations involved in the representation of tires solely in terms of slip angles can produce unacceptably large errors in the case of commercial vehicles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings from the Commercial Vehicle Braking and Handling Symposium, held in Ann Arbor, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • SHAPLEY, C G
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Flexibility; Mathematical models; Slip surfaces; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Slip angle
• Old TRIS Terms: Rolling pattern
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127278
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM