INFLUENCE OF TIRE DESIGN PARAMETERS ON TIRE FORCE AND MOMENT CHARACTERISTICS

A comprehensive cornering and braking tire test program performed on 380 tires under uniform and strictly controlled conditions resulted in 13 performance characteristics measured at 4 to 6 different loads for each tire. All performance characteristics (more than 25,000) together with tire design and construction information were organized in a computer program that would quickly extract, correlate, and display any data of interest. As examples of the capabilities of the program, the gross effects of wheel diameter, aspect ratio, cord and belt material, and tire construction on linear and non-linear tire cornering and braking characteristics are identified. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and presented at the Automobile Engineering Meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers, October 18-22, 1976, Dearborn, Michigan.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Schuring, D J
  • Tapia, G A
  • Gusakov, I
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Design; Information processing; Performance; Steering; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parameters
• Old TRIS Terms: Cornering (Vehicle)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148982
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760732
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00923
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM