Thermomechanical Coupling of a Hyper-viscoelastic Truck Tire and a Pavement Layer and its Impact on Three-dimensional Contact Stresses

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812110171
Author(s):  
Angeli Jayme ◽  
Imad L. Al-Qadi
Keyword(s):  
Contact Stress ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Rolling Resistance ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Thermomechanical Coupling ◽  
Temperature Profiles ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Truck Tire

A thermomechanical coupling between a hyper-viscoelastic tire and a representative pavement layer was conducted to assess the effect of various temperature profiles on the mechanical behavior of a rolling truck tire. The two deformable bodies, namely the tire and pavement layer, were subjected to steady-state-uniform and non-uniform temperature profiles to identify the significance of considering temperature as a variable in contact-stress prediction. A myriad of ambient, internal air, and pavement-surface conditions were simulated, along with combinations of applied tire load, tire-inflation pressure, and traveling speed. Analogous to winter, the low temperature profiles induced a smaller tire-pavement contact area that resulted in stress localization. On the other hand, under high temperature conditions during the summer, higher tire deformation resulted in lower contact-stress magnitudes owing to an increase in the tire-pavement contact area. In both conditions, vertical and longitudinal contact stresses are impacted, while transverse contact stresses are relatively less affected. This behavior, however, may change under a non-free-rolling condition, such as braking, accelerating, and cornering. By incorporating temperature into the tire-pavement interaction model, changes in the magnitude and distribution of the three-dimensional contact stresses were manifested. This would have a direct implication on the rolling resistance and near-surface behavior of flexible pavements.

Super-single tire loadings and their impacts on pavement design

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daehyeon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Contact Stress ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Structure Design ◽  
Pavement Design ◽  
Inflation Pressure ◽  
Dimensional Finite Element ◽  
Tire Loadings ◽  
Three Dimensional Finite Element

Pavement design and analysis are generally performed based on the load equivalent factor (LEF) obtained from conventional dual tires and assume that the contact stress is equal to the tire inflation pressure. However, heavier tire loadings, such as super-single tires, produce much higher contact stresses than the inflation pressure. This results in larger deformations of subgrades, requiring advanced modeling of subgrades, such as elastic–plastic analysis. Super-single tires also have a different contact area shape from that of conventional tires. To assess the increased contact stresses by super-single tires, realistic contact stress distribution and contact area ratio for super-single tires should be used in the analysis. Three-dimensional finite element analyses of typical flexible pavements were done to evaluate the effects of the increased contact stresses of tire loadings on the subgrades, including load equivalency factors, overlay effect, and subgrade improvement as the behavior of subgrades becomes more important due to the increased contact stresses. Analysis results indicate that the increased contact stresses should be taken into account in the pavement structure design, as well as design of overlay or subgrade improvement. Based on the numerical results, simple design examples are suggested.

Evaluating Measured Tire Contact Stresses to Predict Pavement Response and Performance

2000 ◽  
Vol 1716 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reynaldo Roque ◽  
Leslie Ann Myers ◽  
Bjorn Birgisson
Keyword(s):  
Contact Stress ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Embedded Sensors ◽  
Stress Distributions ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Weak Bases ◽  
Truck Tires ◽  
Pavement Response ◽  
Pavement Structures ◽  
And Performance

Recent research has indicated that measured contact stress distributions under radial truck tires are highly complex. These stress distributions help to explain near-surface distresses that have become more prevalent since the inception of radial tires, indicating that realistic contact stresses must be considered when pavement response and performance are evaluated. However, because of the complexities involved in measuring contact stresses under tires, obtaining these measurements directly on real pavements is not possible. Consequently, contact stress measurements have been made on systems having rigid foundations with embedded sensors. Therefore, determining whether tire contact stresses measured on a rigid foundation are significantly different from contact stresses under the same tire on an actual pavement is critical. Finite element analyses conducted indicated that both vertical and lateral tire contact stresses measured on rigid foundations accurately represent the contact stresses for the same tire on typical asphalt pavement structures. Some minor differences were observed for thin (50-mm surface) pavements on weak bases, but the correspondence in terms of both distribution and magnitude was still very good. The conclusion was that contact stresses measured by devices with rigid foundations appear to be suitable for predicting response and performance of highway pavements.

Effect of microseparation on contact mechanics in ceramic-on-ceramic hip joint replacements

2002 ◽  
Vol 216 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
M M Mak ◽  
A A Besong ◽  
Z M Jin ◽  
J Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Femoral Head ◽  
Contact Mechanics ◽  
Contact Pressure ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Radial Clearance ◽  
Acetabular Cup ◽  
Edge Contact ◽  
Ceramic On Ceramic

The contact mechanics in ceramic-on-ceramic hip implants are investigated in this study under the microseparation condition where the edge contact occurs between the superolateral rim of the acetabular cup and the femoral head. A three-dimensional finite element model is developed to examine the effect of the microseparation distance between the femoral head and the acetabular cup on the contact area and contact stresses between the bearing surfaces. It is shown that microseparation leads to edge contact and elevated contact stresses, and these are mainly dependent on the magnitude of separation, the radial clearance between the femoral head and the acetabular cup, and the cup inclination angle. For a small microseparation distance (less than the diametrical clearance), the contact occurs within the acetabular cup, and consequently an excellent agreement of the predicted contact pressure distribution is obtained between the present three-dimensional anatomical model and a simple two-dimensional axisymmetric model adopted in a previous study [5]. However, as microsegregation is increased further, edge contact between the superolateral rim and the femoral head occurs. Consequently, the predicted contact pressure is significantly increased. The corresponding contact area resembles closely the stripe wear pattern observed on both clinically retrieved and simulator-tested ceramic femoral heads [8, 9, 11]. Furthermore, introducing a fillet radius of 2.5 mm at the mouth of the acetabular cup is shown to reduce the contact stress due to edge contact, but only under relatively large microseparation distances.

scholarly journals Analysis of Contact Stresses and Rolling Resistance of Truck-Bus Tyres under Different Working Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10603
Author(s):  
Minrui Guo ◽  
Xiangwen Li ◽  
Maoping Ran ◽  
Xinglin Zhou ◽  
Yuan Yan
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Functional Relationship ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rolling Resistance ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Exponential Equation ◽  
Tyre Pressure

In this work, to analyse the changing characteristics of contact stresses in the tyre–pavement interface and the functional relationship between rolling resistance and the working conditions of truck-bus tyres, a three-dimensional tyre–pavement model is established and used to predict the distribution of contact stresses and rolling resistance under different working conditions of the tyre, comprising various tyre loads, inflation pressures, and velocities. Results show that the magnitude relationship between transverse and longitudinal contact stresses is related to rolling conditions, and overload and low tyre pressure are important contributors to the wear of the tyre shoulder. In addition, the proposed exponential equation presents a method that can be used to forecast rolling resistance related to the working conditions of the truck-bus tyre, and a similar method can be used to predict the rolling resistances of other types of tyres.

Stress Analysis of Bolted Joints of Flat Cover With Tap Bolts in a Pressure Vessel

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Sawa ◽  
Akihiro Karasawa ◽  
Akihiro Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Contact Stress ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
Theory Of Elasticity ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Ultrasonic Waves ◽  
Bolted Joints ◽  
Load Factor ◽  
Sealing Performance

Abstract Bolted joints with gaskets have been designed empirically, and the sealing performance is not made clear by theoretical analyses because the contact stress distribution between the gasket and the flanges are not clarified when an internal pressure is applied to the joint. The present paper, discusses the distribution of contact stresses in the bolted joints fastened with tap bolts, when a clamped part with a gasket is the cover of a pressure vessel and is a circular flange. The distribution of contact stresses is analyzed as a three-body contact problem, using the three-dimensional theory of elasticity. Moreover, the contact stress is measured by means of ultrasonic waves. In addition, the load factor (the ratio of an increment of the axial bolt force to an external load) and the maximum stress caused in bolts are analyzed taking into account the bending moment. For verification, experiments are carried out, and the analytical results are found in fairly good agreement with the experimental ones. It was found that the sealing performance was improved when Young’s modulus of the gaskets was decreased and the gasket thickness was increased.

Contact Stress Evaluation of Involute Gear Pairs, Including the Effects of Friction and Helix Angle

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh S. Patil ◽  
Saravanan Karuppanan ◽  
Ivana Atanasovska
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Friction Factor ◽  
Contact Stress ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Helix Angle ◽  
Spur Gear ◽  
Helical Gear ◽  
Contact Stresses ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
3D Finite Element Method

The aim of this technical brief is to provide a new viewpoint of friction factor for contact stress calculations of gears. The idea of friction factor has been coined, for the calculation of contact stresses along the tooth contact for different helical gear pairs. Friction factors were developed by evaluating contact stresses with and without friction for different gear pairs. In this paper, three-dimensional (3D) finite element method (FEM) and Lagrange multiplier algorithm have been used to evaluate the contact stresses. Initially, a spur gear finite element (FE) model was validated with the theoretical analysis under frictionless condition, which is based on Hertz's contact theory. Then, similar FE models were constructed for 5 deg, 15 deg, 25 deg, and 35 deg helical gear pairs. The contact stresses of these models were evaluated for different coefficients of friction. These results were employed for the development of friction factor.

Development of Domain Analysis to Predict Multi-Axial Flexible Airfield Pavement Responses Due to Gear and Environmental Loadings

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (40) ◽  
pp. 326-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeli Gamez ◽  
Jaime A. Hernandez ◽  
Imad L. Al-Qadi
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Functions ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Domain Analysis ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Surface Cracking ◽  
Cracking Potential ◽  
Airport Pavement ◽  
Truck Tire

Flexible pavement design procedures use maximum mechanistic strains to predict service life via empirical transfer functions. The conventional method of using predefined point locations for potential damage may not accurately represent realistic pavement scenarios. For instance, flexible airfield pavement analysis mainly considers the critical strain at the bottom of the asphalt concrete (AC), which may not characterize near-surface cracking potential. In lieu of point strains, domain analysis, a new method, accounts for the multi-axial behavior of pavements, as inherently excited by three-dimensional (3-D) and nonuniform aircraft tire–pavement contact stresses. Initially applied on highway pavements considering truck tire loading, this approach is an initial breakthrough for implementing domain analysis on flexible airfield pavements; in this study, A-380 and F-16 landing gear tire loads were considered. As anticipated, speed and temperature had significant influence on cumulative domain stress and strain ratios. The decrease in speed and increase in temperature not only increased the cumulative ratios up to 1.81, but nonlinearity of the problem became more prevalent at worst loading conditions (8 kph and 45°C). Minimal difference in ratios for F-16 cases suggests that the National Airport Pavement Test Facility pavement structure became less sensitive to conditions under low loads. Point response analysis revealed that critical strains were not significantly influenced by the tire-inflation pressure, for example, tensile strain at the bottom of the AC only increased up to 13.6% (considering 8 kph speed), whereas domain analysis quantified the increase with respect to 3-D stress or strain states.

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