Measuring and testing – Tire – tread or roadway – Tire inflation testing installation
Patent
1996-04-15
1998-05-12
Chilcot, Richard
Measuring and testing
Tire, tread or roadway
Tire inflation testing installation
738656, G01M 1704
Patent
active
057508909
ABSTRACT:
A method for developing a tire model for use with an effective road profile in testing an automotive vehicle on a spindle-coupled road simulator defines a flat surface road plane in a three coordinate reference system to represent the effective road profile with the three coordinates comprising a plane vertical deflection, a plane radial contact angle, and a plane lateral contact angle. The tire is then excited over a predetermined range while on a tire test apparatus for developing the tire model. The tire test apparatus includes a flat tire contact plane moveable so as to contact the tire, the flat tire contact plane defining a three coordinate reference system to represent the effective road profile in the three coordinates.
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Chabaan Rakan C.
Fricke David M.
Hansen Mark D.
Chilcot Richard
Felber Joseph L.
Ford Global Technologies Inc.
Kelley David B.
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