29th Annual Business Meeting and Conference on Tire Science and Technology

Doubletree Hotel Akron/Fairlawn: Akron, OH, USA

Friction and Rolling Resistance
Monday, September 20, 2010: 9:05 AM-10:00 AM
Aspen Ballroom (Doubletree Hotel Akron/Fairlawn)
Chair:
Ben Wen, PH., D, Goodyear
9:05 AM
Introduction
9:10 AM
Investigation of Friction Mechanisms of Siped Tire Tread Blocks on Snowy and Icy Surfaces
Stefan Ripka1, Hagen Lind1, Matthias Wangenheim1, Klaus Wiese2 and Burkhard Wies3, (1)Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, (2)Tire Line Development Winter, Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, Hannover, Germany, (3)Tire Line Development, Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH, Hannover, Germany
9:35 AM
Rolling Resistance of a Non-Pneumatic Tire Having An Elastomer Shear Band
Jaehyung Ju, Mallikarjun Veeramurthy, Joshua Summers and Lonny Thompson, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC