Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 May 1977
A Note on Tire Rolling Resistance Due to Test Wheel Curvature
A Note on Tire Rolling Resistance Due to Test Wheel Curvature
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Page Range: 119 – 122
DOI: 10.2346/1.2167232
Tire rolling resistance is affected by laboratory drum diameter. Such tests produce higher rolling resistance values than road testing. Semi‐empirical formulae were developed to correlate tire behavior on a test drum with wheel‐road systems analysis, and the geometry of the tire and test drum were analyzed.Abstract
Keywords: tires; rolling resistance; contact area; deflection; drum curvature
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