30th Annual Meeting & Conference on Tire Science & Technology

Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel: Akron, OH, USA

Wednesday, September 14, 2011: 1:05 PM
Akron/Summit Ballroom (Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel)
Marion Pottinger, M'gineering, LLC, Akron, OH
All tire constructions exhibit some inherent offsets in forces and moments, generically called pull forces.  When radial tires became the predominate tire construction, pull forces became a nuisance to both tire and automotive manufacturers.  Over the last four decades the science has become essentially complete, but confusion still occurs and scientific work is repeated.  This results partially because there is not a comprehensive reference uniting the existing information.  This paper is a comprehensive reference dealing with effects, measurement, sources, and how a frustrated service person can decide what is really going on within the context of a service facility.