Abstract

The behaviour of tyres under transient handling manoeuvres is studied with the aid of a newly developed model. The model consists of a discretized flexible belt with damping and inertia, connected to the rim by viscoelastic elements representing the carcass. In the neighbourhood of the contact patch, the belt is connected to a separate discretized viscoelastic tread with inertia. A separate algorithm taking into account the radial deflection of the carcass elements is used for the calculation of the contact pressure distribution along the contact patch. Friction follows a stick—slip law taking into consideration the velocity of tread elements, the normal force and the unequal coefficients of friction in the lateral and longitudinal directions. The model seems capable of generating transient forces and moments including the phase lags observed under time-varying kinematic excitations.

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