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31st Annual Meeting and Conference on Tire Science and Technology

The International Exposition (I-X) Center: Cleveland, OH, USA

Wednesday, September 19, 2012: 3:00 PM-4:45 PM
Grand Ballroom (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)
Chair:
Guy Edington, Standards Testing Laboratories Inc.
3:00 PM
Session Introduction
3:05 PM
Experimental Friction and Temperature Investigation On Aircraft Tires
Tim Linke1, Matthias Wangenheim1, Stefan Ripka1, Hagen Lind1 and Olivier Cassard - Brardo2, (1)Institute of Dynamics and Vibration Research, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, (2)Flight Dynamics and Simulation Domain, AIRBUS, Toulouse, France
3:30 PM
The Flat-Trac® Light Truck Racing Electric-Drive Machine, the State-of-the-Art in Flat Belt Tire Testing and Its Application to the Virtual Proving Ground
Kevin Kefauver, Ph.D., National Tire Research Center/Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blackburg, VA
4:20 PM
Improving Capabilities In Tire Testing for the Military and Commercial Truck Industries
James Cuttino, President1, Igor Baseski2 and Thomas Skorupa2, (1)Camber Ridge, LLC, Charlotte, NC, (2)Physical Simulation Lab, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, Warren, MI