Development of the scheme and method for measuring the characteristics of the friction areas in the car wheel contact

Abstract

The aim of the research is to develop and implement a scheme and method for measuring the characteristics of static and sliding friction areas in the contact patch of an elastic wheel with a solid support when they appear, exist and disappear. The characteristics are understood as: the relative location of static and sliding friction in relation to the vector of the translational speed of the wheel axis; their size and location in the contact patch when they appear, spread and disappear; the values of the moments on the wheel, corresponding to the appearance, spread and disappearance of static and sliding friction. A scheme and a method for measuring these characteristics have been developed and implemented. The measurements are indirect. It has been experimentally established that, in the general case, the geometric center of static friction in the contact patch moves towards the moment acting in the plane of the wheel rotation relative to the rotation axis by an amount proportional to the moment. The maximum value of this displacement according to the moment that is maximum in terms of sliding conditions, and is one third of the contact patch length for all types and conditions of a solid support. The research results are valid for elastic wheels with a radial stiffness not exceeding 12000000 N/m, the main plane of which is perpendicular to the reference plane. The research results can find application in design modeling of stability and controllability of vehicles.