Thursday Afternoon Session A: Advances In Tire Traction, Wear & Predictive Testing

Thursday, October 14, 2010: 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Chair:
Syed K. Mowdood, Pirelli Tyre SpA
1:00 PM
99
Overcoming Incompatibility Problems in Elastomer Blends
Wilma K. Dierkes1, M. Tiwari2, Rui Guo3, R.N. Datta4, A.G. Talma4, Jacques Noordermeer4 and William van Ooij5, (1)Elastomer & Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)Teijin Aramid - Technical Fibers Application institute (TFA), Arnhem, Netherlands, (3)Henkel (China) Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China, (4)University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (5)University Of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1:30 PM
100
CANCELLED: Predicting Tire Performance by Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
Somayeh Maghami1, Wilma Dierkes1, Tanya Tolpekina2, Steven Schultz2 and Jacques W.M. Noordermeer1, (1)C T W, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, (2)R&D, ApolloVredestein, Enschede, Netherlands
2:00 PM
101
An Approach to Indoor Wear Testing
James Popio, Ph.D., Ravenna Laboratory, Smithers Scientific Services, Ravenna, OH
2:30 PM
102
High Cis-1,4-BRs and SBRs to Meet Current and Future Tire Demands
Judy E. Douglas, Ph.D.1, Thomas Gross, Ph.D.2, Norbert Steinhauser, Ph.D.2, Heike Kloppenburg, Ph.D.2, Dave Hardy2 and Alex Lucassen2, (1)Performance Butadiene Rubber, LANXESS Corporation, Orange, TX, (2)Performance Butadiene Rubber, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Dormagen, Germany
3:00 PM
103
Test and Characterization On the Temperature Dependence of Hyperelastic Behavior of Tire Rubbers Under Moderate Finite Deformation
Xu Li, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, HeFei, AnHui, China, Yi Dong, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, Ziran Li, Department of Modern Mechanics, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, HeFei, AnHui, China and Yuanming Xia, University Of Science & Technology Of China, Hefei, China