Tire and Vehicle Dynamics, 3rd Edition

Chapter 7

Single-Contact-Point Transient Tire Models

Chapter Outline

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Model Development

7.2.1. Linear Model

7.2.2. Semi-Non-Linear Model

7.2.3. Fully Nonlinear Model

7.2.4. Nonlagging Part

7.2.5. The Gyroscopic Couple

7.3. Enhanced Nonlinear Transient Tire Model

7.1 Introduction

For relatively low-frequency and large-wavelength transient and oscillatory vehicle motions, tire inertia and the effect of the finite length of the contact patch may be neglected or taken care of in an approximative manner. In Chapter 5 a thorough treatment has been given of the out-of-plane stretched string tire model together with a number of approximate models. One of these models did ignore the contact length. For the aligning torque, the ...