Load, Speed, and Pressure Effects on Passenger Car Tire Rolling-Loss Distribution
Abstract The procedure explained in this paper permits calculation of individual tire region contributions to rolling loss without altering the tire. Many different tire-build configurations can be considered using this technique. Different belt, bead, and subtread materials' contributions to rolling-loss distribution can be studied; different tire shapes and thicknesses can be considered. Only a single tire of each configuration need be built, and it can be retested if necessary. Results obtained here show that the tread region of the tire tested behaves differently than the other regions. Changes in tire pressure, load, and speed lead to changes in the remaining individual tire regions' contributions that are in the same direction as the overall tire loss. A tire design that is altered to accommodate new specifications may lead to an increase in rolling loss that is greater than some designated value. An analysis of the type presented here may show which region of the new tire design should be changed to bring the loss within desired limits. The heat-transfer coefficient of the tire in this model is a linear function of velocity, independent of tire load and pressure. We have confidence in this relation as the model results are derived from both loss measurements and tire surface temperature measurements made in the laboratory. The model output is based on fundamental heat-transfer precepts and treated mathematically by established analysis techniques.