This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
The Investigation of a Towed Trailer Test for Passenger Tire Coast-By Noise Measurement
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
It is difficult to quantify the portion of coasting vehicle noise that is due to tire-pavement interaction alone. There are often contributions from aerodynamic noise of the vehicle, transmission whine, noise from suspension components, and other miscellaneous sources. The towed-trailer method used in the revised SAE J57 standard has been shown to be an effective means of isolating tire-pavement noise for truck tires. This paper reports the results of a test program conducted by SAE Tire Noise Standards Committee to evaluate the feasibility of towed-trailer coast-by testing of passenger and light truck tires.
The results of tests conducted in April 1996 at the Ohio Transportation Research Center are described and they indicate that accurate measurements are possible for towed-trailer testing of passenger tires. It is shown that a key aspect of performing such a test is reducing the noise of the tow vehicle and that sufficient reduction is possible even for extremely quiet test tires.
During the time in which the SAE committee was preparing to conduct this test, the ISO/ TC 31/ WG 3 working group developed a draft trailer test method for evaluating tire noise. This test procedure was also evaluated during the April 1996 testing sequence. The results show the proposed test method to be highly accurate and a viable means for tire noise evaluation.
Authors
Citation
Thompson, J. and Williams, T., "The Investigation of a Towed Trailer Test for Passenger Tire Coast-By Noise Measurement," SAE Technical Paper 971984, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/971984.Also In
References
- ISO Draft Test Procedure
- Thompson, J K “Confirmation Tests for SAE J57 Test procedure Revision,” 951353 , Society of Automotive Engineers Warrendale, Pennsylvania 1995
- SAE J57 “Sound Levels of Highway Truck Tires,” Society of Automotive Engineers Warrendale, Pennsylvania
- Harris, JR Williams, TA “Tire Noise Reduction Treatment for a Passenger Car Used as a Tow Vehicle for Passby Noise Testing,” 97NV171, Society of Automotive Engineers Warrendale, Pennsylvania 1997