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Pneumatic tyres interacting with deformable terrains

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posted on 2016-09-23, 08:32 authored by Chrysostomos Bekakos, George Papazafeiropoulos, Daniel O'BoyDaniel O'Boy, Jan Prins
In this study, a numerical model of a deformable tyre interacting with a deformable road has been developed with the use of the finite element code ABAQUS (v. 6.13). Two tyre models with different widths, not necessarily identical to any real industry tyres, have been created purely for research use. The behaviour of these tyres under various vertical loads and different inflation pressures is studied, initially in contact with a rigid surface and then with a deformable terrain. After ensuring that the tyre model gives realistic results in terms of the interaction with a rigid surface, the rolling process of the tyre on a deformable road was studied. The effects of friction coefficient, inflation pressure, rebar orientation and vertical load on the overall performance are reported. Regarding the modelling procedure, a sequence of models were analysed, using the coupling implicit – explicit method. The numerical results reveal that not only there is significant dependence of the final tyre response on the various initial driving parameters, but also special conditions emerge, where the desired response of the tyre results from specific optimum combination of these parameters.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

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13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control

Citation

BEKAKOS, C-A. ...et al., 2016. Pneumatic tyres interacting with deformable terrains. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 744 (1), 012213.

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© The Authors. Published by IOP Publishing LTD

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Unported 3.0 International (CC BY 3.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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2016-07-03

Publication date

2016

Notes

This paper was presented at the 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control, University of Southampton, July 3-6th. This is an Open Access Article. It is published by IOP under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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1742-6588

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1742-6596

Language

  • en

Location

University of Southampton

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