Tire-Pavement System Modelling and Triaxial Contact Stress Analysis

Abstract

In the pavement design, the tire load is usually assumed to be a circular or rectangular evenly distributed load, which is actually not like this. In order to provide data reference for the development of tire-pavement contact stress intelligent test instrument, it is necessary to model the tire-pavement system, and construct tire-pavement 3D finite element model using large finite element software. Firstly, establish three-dimensional model of tire and road surface, and impose certain loads and constraints. Secondly, the triaxial contact stress of the tire-pavement under static conditions is analyzed. Then the triaxial stress under traction conditions is analyzed, and the triaxial stress under different conditions of use of the tire is compared and analyzed. The results show that as the load of the tire gradually increases, the maximum vertical contact stress and the maximum longitudinal stress gradually decrease, but the maximum lateral pressure gradually increases. When the inflation pressure of the tire is gradually increased, the contact stresses in the three directions are correspondingly increased. However, the maximum vertical contact stress and maximum longitudinal stress increase more obviously than the maximum transverse contact stress. In addition, the transverse contact stress could be ignored under traction conditions.