Influence of Rim Run-Out on the Nonuniformity of Tire-Wheel Assemblies

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. B. Rhyne ◽  
R. Gall ◽  
L. Y. Chang

Abstract An analytical membrane model is used to study how wheel imperfections are converted into radial force variation of the tire-wheel assembly. This model indicates that the radial run-out of the rim generates run-out of the tire-wheel assembly at slightly less than the one to one ratio that was expected. Lateral run-out of the rim is found to generate radial run-out of the tire-wheel assembly at a ratio that is dependent on the tire design and the wheel width. Finite element studies of a production tire validate and quantify the results of the membrane model. Experiments using a specially constructed precision wheel demonstrate the behavior predicted by the models. Finally, a population of production tires and wheels show that the lateral run-out of the rims contribute a significant portion to the assembly radial force variation. These findings might be used to improve match-mounting results by taking lateral rim run-out into account.

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Jeong ◽  
K. W. Kim ◽  
H. G. Beom ◽  
J. U. Park

Abstract The effects of variations in stiffness and geometry on the nonuniformity of tires are investigated by using the finite element analysis. In order to evaluate tire uniformity, a three-dimensional finite element model of the tire with imperfections is developed. This paper considers how imperfections, such as variations in stiffness or geometry and run-out, contribute to detrimental effects on tire nonuniformity. It is found that the radial force variation of a tire with imperfections depends strongly on the geometrical variations of the tire.


2004 ◽  
Vol 2004.5 (0) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Katsuaki TANIMURA ◽  
Sadayuki UJIHASHI ◽  
David Nash ◽  
Bill Dempster

2013 ◽  
Vol 416-417 ◽  
pp. 1803-1807
Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
Yan Fang Liu ◽  
Xiang Yang Xu

This paper introduces a combination of testing and finite element simulation for the abnormal vibration of a truck cab in specific speed. Vibration characteristics of the truck is tested. The factors that caused the abnormal vibration of the truck is found. The finite element model is established and the modal analysis is performed, the correctness of the test results is verified, and a reliable finite element model for the follow-up solution is provided. The abnormal vibration was caused by the frequencies of radial force variation which almost equal to the truck natural frequency under the vehicle velocities of 50km/h. The approach described in this paper can be applied to similar vibration problem diagnosis.


1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-299
Author(s):  
Alberto Pettorossi

In this paper we consider combinators as tree transducers: this approach is based on the one-to-one correspondence between terms of Combinatory Logic and trees, and on the fact that combinators may be considered as transformers of terms. Since combinators are terms themselves, we will deal with trees as objects to be transformed and tree transformers as well. Methods for defining and studying tree rewriting systems inside Combinatory Weak Reduction Systems and Weak Combinatory Logic are also analyzed and particular attention is devoted to the problem of finiteness and infinity of the generated tree languages (here defined). This implies the study of the termination of the rewriting process (i.e. reduction) for combinators.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 3894
Author(s):  
Claus Mattheck ◽  
Christian Greiner ◽  
Klaus Bethge ◽  
Iwiza Tesari ◽  
Karlheinz Weber

In tribologically loaded materials, folding instabilities and vortices lead to the formation of complex internal structures. This is true for geological as well as nanoscopic contacts. Classically, these structures have been described by Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities or shear localization. We here introduce an alternative explanation based on an intuitive approach referred to as the force cone method. It is considered how whirls are situated near forces acting on a free surface of an elastic or elastoplastic solid. The force cone results are supplemented by finite element simulations. Depending on the direction of the acting force, one or two whirls are predicted by the simplified force cone method. In 3D, there is always a ring shaped whirl present. These modelling findings were tested in simple model experiments. The results qualitatively match the predictions and whirl formation was found. The force cone method and the experiments may seem trivial, but they are an ideal tool to intuitively understand the presence of whirls within a solid under a tribological load. The position of these whirls was found at the predicted places and the force cone method allows a direct approach to understand the complex processes in the otherwise buried interfaces of tribologically loaded materials.


1956 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-220
Author(s):  
D. Williams

SummaryThe mathematical theory of nosewheel shimmy is given, with particular reference to twin nosewheel assemblies. It is shown that a sovereign remedy for shimmy is to make the castor length greater than what is here called the “ creep distance,” which in practice is found to be approximately equal to the tyre radius. Lateral flexibility of the oleo leg is disadvantageous but elastic constraint at the pivot is a good feature. The one necessitates an increased castor for stability while the other allows a smaller castor. It is also shown how, by the use of a compact linkage mechanism, the effective castor length can be made independent of the wheel-leg offset and can have any desired value. Model experiments that confirm the theoretical conclusions are described.


2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Venezky

Philologists, linguists, and educators have insisted for several centuries that the ideal orthography has a one-to-one correspondence between grapheme and phoneme. Others, however, have suggested deviations for such functions as distinguishing homophones, displaying popular alternative spellings, and retaining morpheme identity. If, indeed, the one-to-one ideal were accepted, the International Phonetic Alphabet should become the orthographic standard for all enlightened nations, yet the failure of even a single country to adopt it for practical writing suggests that other factors besides phonology are considered important for a writing system. Whatever the ideal orthography might be, the practical writing systems adopted upon this earth reflect linguistic, psychological, and cultural considerations. Knowingly or unknowingly, countries have adopted orthographies that favour either the early stages of learning to read or the advanced stages, that is, the experienced reader. The more a system tends towards a one-to-one relationship between graphemes and phonemes, the more it assists the new reader and the non-speaker of the language while the more it marks etymology and morphology, the more it favours the experienced reader. The study of psychological processing in reading demonstrates that human capacities for processing print are so powerful that complex patterns and irregularities pose only a small challenge. Orthographic regularity is extracted from lexical input and used to recognise words during reading. To understand how such a system develops, researchers should draw on the general mechanisms of perceptual learning.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tricia S. Clement ◽  
Thomas R. Zentall

We tested the hypothesis that pigeons could use a cognitively efficient coding strategy by training them on a conditional discrimination (delayed symbolic matching) in which one alternative was correct following the presentation of one sample (one-to-one), whereas the other alternative was correct following the presentation of any one of four other samples (many-to-one). When retention intervals of different durations were inserted between the offset of the sample and the onset of the choice stimuli, divergent retention functions were found. With increasing retention interval, matching accuracy on trials involving any of the many-to-one samples was increasingly better than matching accuracy on trials involving the one-to-one sample. Furthermore, following this test, pigeons treated a novel sample as if it had been one of the many-to-one samples. The data suggest that rather than learning each of the five sample-comparison associations independently, the pigeons developed a cognitively efficient single-code/default coding strategy.


1970 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2450
Author(s):  
Ilse S. Wolff ◽  
Joyce Travelbee

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