30th Annual Meeting & Conference on Tire Science & Technology

Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel: Akron, OH, USA

This session includes all papers related to rolling resistance of passenger as well as truck tires.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011: 3:35 PM-5:15 PM
Akron/Summit Ballroom (Akron/Fairlawn Hilton Hotel)
Chair:
Patrick Keating, Yokohama Tire Corporation
3:35 PM
On Road Fuel Consumption Testing to Determine the Sensitivity Coefficient Relating Changes In Fuel Consumption to Changes In Tire Rolling Resistance
Calvin Bradley, Michelin Americas Research Company, Greenville, SC and Arnaud Delaval, Michelin European Technology Center, Clermont-FD, France
4:00 PM
How Low Can We Go - A Study On Minimum Rolling Resistance
Timothy Rhyne, PhD and Steven Cron, PhD, Michelin Americas Research Company, Greenville, SC
4:25 PM
Tire Fuel Efficiency -Rolling Resistance, Traction, Tread Wear -the Optimum Oil to Get You There
Steven Tranguch, BS, Chemistry, MBA, Sales and Marketing, H&R Group US, Inc, Woodbury, CT and Juergen Trimbach, Hansen & Rosenthal Group, Hamburg, Germany