Session: Vehicle and Tire Testing (Spring 187th Technical Meeting)

Vehicle and Tire Testing

Thursday, April 30, 2015: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM

Hyatt Regency Greenville

Chair:

Patrick Rawlinson, Michelin Americas Research Corporation

8:30 AM

Development of a Test Rig for Rapid Assessment of Tire-Vehicle System Integration

Beshah Ayalew, Ph.D.¹, Chunjian Wang, Graduate, Student¹, Jeffery Anderson² and Qian Wang³, (1)Automotive Engineering, Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research, Greenville, SC, (2)Michelin Americas Research Company, Greenville, SC, (3)Automotive Engineering, Clemson Univercity, Greenville, SC

9:00 AM

Development of a Trailer Axle Friction/Wear Tester

Chuang Su, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Saied Taheri, Center for Tire Research, Mechanical Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

9:30 AM

Break

9:45 AM

Visualizing Tire Wear

Pamela Martin, Paul Brown and Stuart Cook, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Hertford, Herts, United Kingdom

10:15 AM

Development of Rubber-Road Contact Friction Theory and Comparison with Experiments

Mehran Motamedi, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA