Prediction procedure for wear distribution of transient rolling tire

As a research method, finite element analysis (FEA) with ABAQUS can help researchers to study throughout the whole process of abnormal tire wear. For precise tread wear simulation, this paper introduces a tire finite element model building method. Then, the model is verified by comparing its simulation results with experiment data. Based on the verified model, tire high-speed rolling procedure is presented by combining steady-state transport analysis and dynamic analysis. To predict the wear distribution, micro tread wear calculation method is described. Finally, the wear prediction procedure of tread mesh evolving is introduced and tire polygonal wear pattern is simulated by this procedure.     

桑塔纳轿车轮胎的使用

上海桑塔纳轿车装用１８５/７０Ｒ１３Ｓ８４无内胎轮胎,该轮胎具有结构简单、滚动阻力小及安全性好等优点。介绍了轮胎的正确使用,即正确驾驶、合理拆装、保持正常胎压、轮胎定期换位、采用标准轮辋、避免轮胎混装等。另外,介绍了轮胎单边磨损、波浪形磨损的原因及检修。     

汽车轮胎结构非线性有限元分析

本文综述了轮胎力学的发展历史与现状，阐明了轮胎结构分析的几各主要方法、研究内容及其优缺点，并重点介绍了在子午三维非线性有限元结构分析方面的工作，包括轮胎的充气，竖直加载、稳态滚动、滚动阻力及温度场分析，给出了相应的算例。由于采用一些新的方法和技术，考虑了更真实的轮胎材料模型，结构和载荷，使得分析更为有效、精确，分析结果可作为轮胎的设计，试验与改进的依据。     

Mesh generation and hysteretic loss prediction of 3-D periodic patterned tire

This paper is concerned with the numerical prediction of the hysteretic loss-induced rolling resistance of 3-D periodic patterned tire. Elastomeric rubber compounds of rolling tire exhibit the hysteretic loss owing to the phase difference between stress- and strain-time responses. By virtue of this physical characteristic, the rolling resistance is considered as a pseudo-force resisting the tire rolling. The 3-D periodic patterned tire model is constructed by copying an 1-sector mesh in the circumferential direction, and strain cycles of each strain component are approximated by 3-D static tire contact analysis. According to the principal value of half strain amplitudes, the hysteretic loss is calculated in terms of the amplitude of the maximum principal strain and the loss modulus of rubber compound. The numerical results of 3-D periodic patterned tire are justified with the experimental data and compared with those of 3-D smooth tire.     

工程车辆翻新轮胎承载变形特性

为了进一步明确工程车辆翻新轮胎的力学性能,提高其使用寿命,通过构建工程车辆翻新轮胎计算机几何模型、有限元分析模型、承载变形特性试验系统,对工程车辆翻新轮胎承载变形特性进行有限元分析及试验研究,并与同型号新轮胎进行对比分析,获得静态接地工况下工程车辆翻新轮胎的载荷-变形、载荷-刚度、载荷-压缩率等特性规律,构建26.5R25工程车辆翻新轮胎径向承载变形数学模型。研究结果表明：工程车辆翻新轮胎的径向变形、侧向变形变化规律与新轮胎接近,径向与侧向变形均比同型号新轮胎稍小;当胎压一定时,随着载荷的增加,工程车辆翻新轮胎径向变形呈线性增大,当胎压较低时侧向变形呈线性增大,当胎压较高时侧向变形呈非线性增大;工程车辆翻新轮胎的径向刚度及压缩率受径向载荷和胎压的影响较大,载荷一定时,径向刚度随胎压的增大而增大;胎压一定时,工程车辆翻新轮胎的压缩率随径向载荷的增大而增大,且稍小于同品牌、同型号新轮胎的压缩率;旧胎体的不同老化程度对工程车辆轮胎翻新后的承载-变形特性会产生较大的影响;在低载工况下,工程车辆翻新轮胎和新轮胎径向刚度差异不大,在接近标准载荷及高载工况下,工程车辆翻新轮胎径向刚度较新轮胎大,且随着载荷的增大,工程车辆翻新轮胎和新轮胎径向变形差异不断加大。     

A simplified model for evaluating tire wear during conceptual design

In the field of vehicle dynamics, commercial software can aid the designer during the conceptual and detailed design phases. Simulations using these tools can quickly provide specific design metrics, such as yaw and lateral velocity, for standard maneuvers. However, it remains challenging to correlate these metrics with empirical quantities that depend on many external parameters and design specifications. This scenario is the case with tire wear, which depends on the frictional work developed by the tire-road contact. In this study, an approach is proposed to estimate the tire-road friction during steady-state longitudinal and cornering maneuvers. Using this approach, a qualitative formula for tire wear evaluation is developed, and conceptual design analyses of cornering maneuvers are performed using simplified vehicle models. The influence of some design parameters such as cornering stiffness, the distance between the axles, and the steer angle ratio between the steering axles for vehicles with two steering axles is evaluated. The proposed methodology allows the designer to predict tire wear using simplified vehicle models during the conceptual design phase.     

A semi-empirical dynamic tire model for combined-slip forces

This article presents a semi-empirical combined-slip tire model including transient behavior. It is assumed that the transient behavior is a result from the dynamic deformation of the tire carcass and that the interaction between the lateral and longitudinal slip, and forces can be explained by the deformation of the rubber treads. The deformation of the tire carcass makes the tread slip deviate from the wheel-rim motion in a way that may be described by differential equations. A method based on brush-model tire mechanics is used to construct the combined-slip forces as nonlinear scalings of corresponding pure-slip forces.     

基于径向刚度法的车辆翻新轮胎使用寿命判定

为了有效判定车辆翻新轮胎的剩余使用寿命，需要科学确定废旧轮胎胎体橡胶老化程度对翻新轮胎使用寿命的影响。在分析废旧轮胎胎体橡胶老化规律的基础上，通过橡胶老化试验测试及回归分析，确定了胎体弹性模量随着橡胶老化年限增加近似线性增大的影响规律；结合计算机仿真技术及试验测试技术，基于轮胎径向刚度法提出了翻新轮胎剩余使用寿命不安全系数计算方法，其计算数值大小与翻新轮胎径向刚度和新轮胎径向刚度之差成正比，与新轮胎径向刚度值成反比；构建了由橡胶加速老化系统、弹性模量测取系统、承载-变形计算机模拟系统和承载-变形测试系统等组成的翻新轮胎剩余使用寿命判定系统；基于径向刚度法和判定系统提出了车辆翻新轮胎剩余使用寿命判定规则，确定了翻新轮胎胎体剩余使用寿命判定具体流程；根据剩余使用寿命不安全系数计算方法和判定规则，将翻新轮胎确定为可正常使用、需降速使用和需报废处理3个级别，并利用11.00R22.5载重车辆翻新轮胎进行了剩余使用寿命判定与评价，依据判定规则分别计算了不同使用年限3条翻新轮胎的剩余使用寿命不安全系数，确定出3条翻新轮胎所对应的级别，判定与评价结论与实际使用情况相吻合。研究结果表明：废旧轮胎胎体橡胶老化程度对翻新轮胎剩余使用寿命影响显著，翻新轮胎径向刚度与剩余使用寿命之间存在较大影响关系；废旧轮胎胎体橡胶老化程度越严重和径向刚度越大，翻新轮胎的剩余使用寿命将会越短。     

355/50R22.5宽基低断面全钢载重子午线轮胎的设计

355/50R22.5宽基低断面全钢载重子午线轮胎主要是为打开欧洲市场,后期完成试验论证及市场测试后,将投产于欧洲市场,经济效益可观。355/50R22.5宽基低断面全钢载重子午线轮胎开发设计主要是根据欧标初步设计宽基低断面全钢载重子午线轮胎结构,根据不同的结构设计方案,利用有限元分析轮胎充气轮廓及胎肩、胎圈位置受力情况,通过优选确定最终轮胎轮廓及骨架材料等参数。完成结构设计后,对本项目开发的轮胎进行施工设计。最后对该轮胎进行成品性能试验,主要包括强度性能和耐久性能试验。     

汽车轮胎气压电子实时监测系统

轮胎气压不足,将增大轮胎的弯曲变形,加快轮胎的磨损,增大车轮的滚动摩擦阻力,从而导致油耗显著增加,特别是当汽车高速行驶时,更会削弱轮胎的承载能力,导致轮胎破裂漏气。以北美市场及德国BERU公司的产品为例,介绍了轮胎压力电子实时监测系统的技术和市场方面的最新发展趋势。     

浅谈汽车轮胎磨损谈及有效保养

汽车轮胎每天都要和粗糙的路面接触,发生磨损自然是在所难免的事情。但是,绝不能因此就对轮胎的磨损掉以轻心,因为可以从轮胎的磨损程度发现汽车隐藏的故障。一般来说,如果汽车没有问题,轮胎的磨损就应该是均匀的;如果磨损不均,那可能就是有问题了。在汽车的行驶过程中,如果操作使用不当或维护保养不及时,将导致轮胎的异常损伤,直接影响汽车的动力性、经济性和各种使用性能的发挥,甚至造成严重的行车事故。汽车轮胎不仅影响整车动力性、经济性和轮胎使用寿命,而且直接影响汽车的操纵稳定性、汽车行驶方向的可控性,关系到人的生命和财产安全。因此,要科学地按技术要求控制轮胎气压,减少或避免轮胎异常磨损,合理维护和正确使用轮胎。     

基于车轮扭矩传感器的轮胎滚动阻力测试系统开发

应用车轮扭矩传感器开发了轮胎滚动阻力测试系统。介绍了在双滚筒上测试轮胎滚动阻力和阻力系数的原理、轮胎滚动阻力测试系统的构成及测试系统软件的开发。在赛欧SLX-AT轿车的驱动轮上对该系统进行了实车试验,结果表明,该测试系统可克服滚动阻力滑行测试法和反拖测试法的不足,提高轮胎滚动阻力的检测精度,为研究轮胎滚动阻力特性提供了新手段。     

Recycling technology of tire rubber

Material recycling technology for automotive tire rubber waste was developed by the continuous devulcanization method. The deodorization during the recycling process has become possible by the newly developed method. The devulcanized rubber obtained by these methods from tire rubber waste, generated from both the manufacturing products and scrap tires, shows excellent mechanical properties applicable to the new tire rubber compounds in engineering practice. Furthermore, it was confirmed by actual road tests that a test truck tire containing 10 wt % of the devulcanized rubber in the tread might exhibit tread wear behavior almost equal to that for the standard type with the new rubber compound.     

子午线轮胎滚动阻力的数值模拟

利用MSC．MARC软件对子午线轮胎的滚动阻力进行了三维有限元分析计算,对轮胎的胎体、带束层、胎圈等部位采用了rebar膜单元以及rebar实体单元进行模拟,采用Yeoh材料模式描述橡胶材料,对特定的子午胎在不同负荷、不同速度下的滚动阻力进行了预测,并将预测结果与实测值进行了比较。     

汽车轮胎滚动阻力试验机测试方法分析

为了对汽车轮胎滚动阻力测试方案的可行性进行预先评估,基于检测设备的结构模型,提出了一种运用位移量对轮胎滚动阻力进行仿真分析的新方法。在简述滚动阻力有限元测试模型构建过程的基础上,通过改变轮胎的外部使用参数,分析传感器板在不同工况下位移场的分布情况,制定了设备的测试方案。以传感器的安装位置作为目标检测点,建立轮胎滚动阻力位移场与控制参数之间的关系曲线。最后将采集的数据经过平均滤波处理,与实验室的实测数据进行了趋势性对比。结果表明：采用该测试方法,轮胎滚动阻力随着轮胎负载和速度的增加而增大,随着气压的变大而减小;仿真结果和试验数据在相同工况下的变化趋势基本一致;该测试方法合理、可行。     

In-plane Dynamics of Tires on the Road Based on an Experimentally Verified Rolling Ring Model

The dynamic behavior of tires rolling on the road is predicted based on a ring model that is experimentally verified to well represent a real tire. The road contact is kinematically represented by two displacement constraints, one in radial and one in tangential direction. The displacement constraints are enforced via the receptance theory. The receptance matrix developed for the rolling tire is found to be Hermitian. Numerical results show that the natural (or eigen-) frequencies of the rolling tire with road contact are, as expected, higher than those of the tire with no contact. The influence of the rotating speed to the eigen-frquencies of the tire is also shown. Analytic expressions for the mode shapes of a rolling tire with ground contact are derived.     

In-plane Dynamics of Tires on the Road Based on an Experimentally Verified Rolling Ring Model

SUMMARY

The dynamic behavior of tires rolling on the road is predicted based on a ring model that is experimentally verified to well represent a real tire. The road contact is kinematically represented by two displacement constraints, one in radial and one in tangential direction. The displacement constraints are enforced via the receptance theory. The receptance matrix developed for the rolling tire is found to be Hermitian. Numerical results show that the natural (or eigen-) frequencies of the rolling tire with road contact are, as expected, higher than those of the tire with no contact. The influence of the rotating speed to the eigen-frquencies of the tire is also shown. Analytic expressions for the mode shapes of a rolling tire with ground contact are derived.     

Long-term wear and rolling contact fatigue behaviour of a conformal wheel profile designed for large radius curves

There are many reasons to optimise the wheel–rail interface through redesign or maintenance. Minimising wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) initiation on wheels and/or rails is often at the forefront of such considerations. This paper covers the design of a conformal wheel profile and its long-term wear and RCF performance to optimise the wheel–rail interface and subsequently reduce the occurrence of surface-initiated RCF on South Africa’s iron ore export line. A comparative study is performed using multibody dynamics simulation together with numerical wheel wear and RCF predictions. The advantages of a conformal wheel profile design are illustrated by evaluating the worn shape and resulting contact conditions of the conformal design. The conformal design has a steadier equivalent conicity progression and a smaller conicity range compared with the current wheel profile design over the wheel’s wear life. The combination of a conformal wheel profile design with 2?mm hollow wear and inadequate adherence to grinding tolerances often result in two-point contact, thereby increasing the probability of RCF initiation. The conformal wheel profile design proved to have wear and potential RCF benefits compared with the current wheel profile design. However, implementation of such a conformal wheel profile must be accompanied by improved rail grinding practices to ensure rail profile compliance.     

Direct tire force generation algorithm based on non-iterative nonlinear inverse tire model

The function of vehicle dynamics control system is adjusting the yaw moment, the longitudinal force and lateral force of a vehicle body through several chassis systems, such as brakes, steering and suspension. Individual systems such as ESC, AFS and 4WD can be used to achieve desired performance by controlling actuator variables. However, integrated chassis control systems that have multiple objectives may not simply achieve the desired performance by controlling the actuators directly. Usually those systems determine the required tire forces in an upper level controller and a lower level controller regulates the tire forces through the actuators. The tire force is controlled in a recursive way based on vehicle state measurement, which may not be sufficient for fast response. For immediate force tracking, we introduce a direct tire force generation method that uses a nonlinear inverse tire model, a pseudo-inverse model of vehicle dynamics and the relationship between longitudinal force and brake pressure.     

Development of a valve and optimization of a tube for self-inflating tire

Worldwide, the tire market requires safe and eco-friendly tires. In this study, a self-inflating tire (SIT) was studied and manufactured. Self-inflating tire refers to a technique for maintaining appropriate tire pressure. An internal regulator senses when tire inflation pressure has dropped below the set air pressure. The tire boosts air through the valve when rolling and compressed air enters into the tire. This procedure keeps the tire air pressure at an appropriate level and increases tire safety. In this study, a regulator was used as a negative-pressure system. A check valve was selected the minute flow check valve depending on the shape of the configured system. In addition, the material of the tube was developed with excellent physical properties and resistances (elastic rebound, working temperature, etc.) owing to its complete compression and restoration. A tube performance tester was developed and a computer aided engineering (CAE) model was modeled for comparison with the test results. Using the tester and model, it was possible to optimize the shape of the tube and regulator. Finally, the reliability of the study was verified through the prototype test. The developed equipment and systems can be used for the manufacture of high-performance and safe tires.