Advances in Materials and Tire Technology-AM, Session B

Wednesday, October 15, 2014: 8:30 AM-11:45 AM
Session B-Rm #205 (Nashville Convention Center)
Chair:
Syed K. Mowdood, Pirelli Tyre SpA (Retired)
Co-chairs:
Christopher Robertson, Ph.D., Eastman Chemical Company and J. Cal Moreland, Michelin North America Inc
8:30 AM
36
Worldwide Tire Surveys
Walter Waddell, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX
9:00 AM
38
A Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Analysis for Steady State Tire Temperature and Rolling Resistance Based on Fluid-Structure Interaction
Mengxi Huang, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
40
Investigation of the Rubber-Brass Adhesion Layer Using the Olefin-Metathesis Method
Simon Leimgruber1, Wolfgang Kern2, Roman Hochenauer3, Michael Melmer3, Armin Holzner3 and Gregor Trimmel4, (1)Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Leoben, Austria, (2)Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria, (3)Semperit Technical Products GmbH, Wimpassing im Schwarzatale, Austria, (4)Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
10:45 AM
41
Technologies for Polymeric Cord / Rubber Adhesion in Tire Applications
Andre Louis, Jacques W.M. Noordermeer, Wilma K. Dierkes and Anke Blume, Elastomer Technology and Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
11:15 AM
59
Modified Soybean Oil-Extended SBR Compounds and Vulcanizates Filled with Carbon Black
Avraam I. Isayev1, Jiaxi Li2, Mark Soucek, Dr.2 and Xiaofeng Ren, Dr.2, (1)Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, The University of Akron, Department of Polymer Engineering, Akron, OH, (2)Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH