Tire and Vehicle Dynamics, 3rd Edition

Chapter 2

Basic Tire Modeling Considerations

Chapter Outline

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Definition of Tire Input Quantities

2.3. Assessment of Tire Input Motion Components

2.4. Fundamental Differential Equations for a Rolling and Slipping Body

2.5. Tire Models (Introductory Discussion)

2.1 Introduction

The performance of a tire as a force- and moment-generating structure is a result of a combination of several aspects. Factors that concern the primary tasks of the tire may be distinguished from factors that involve (often-important) secondary effects.

In Table 2.1 these factors are presented in matrix form. A further distinction is made between (quasi) steady state and vibratory behavior and, additionally, between symmetric (or in-plane) and anti-symmetric ...