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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF A STEADY-STATE ROLLING TIRE TAKING THE EFFECT OF TREAD PATTERN INTO ACCOUNT  

KIM K. W. (R&D Center, Kumho Tire Co., Inc., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
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International Journal of Automotive Technology / v.7, no.1, 2006 , pp. 101-107 More about this Journal
Abstract
The force and moment simulation of a steady-state rolling tire taking the effect of tread pattern into account is described using a steady-state transport method with ABAQUS. Tread meshes can not fully consider a tread pattern because detailed tread meshes are not allowed in the steady-state transport method. Therefore, the tread elements are modeled to have orthotropic property instead of isotropic property. The force and moment simulation has been carried out for the cases of both isotropic and orthotropic properties of tread elements. Both cases of simulation results are then compared with the experimental results. It is verified that the orthotropic case is in a better agreement with the experimental result than the isotropic case. Angle effects of tread pattern have been studied by changing the orientation angle of orthotropic property of tread. It is shown that the groove angle in the tread shoulder region has a more effect on force and moment of a tire than that in the tread center region.
Keywords
Force and moment; Steady-state rolling; Orthotropic modulus; Tread pattern; Tire; Finite element analysis;
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