The Calspan Tire Research Facility: Design, Development, and Initial Test Results

730582

02/01/1973

Event
National Automobile Engineering Meeting
Authors Abstract
Content
A new tire research facility (TIRF) has been developed which uses appropriately surfaced steel belts to provide high-speed, flat, simulated roadway surfaces for measuring the forces and moments generated by pneumatic tires at various operating attitudes, loads, and speeds.
Descriptions of TIRF and several of its important features are presented. These include the method of support of the moving roadway beneath the tire contact patch, the method of maintaining belt tracking under high side loads, the balance system used to measure forces and moments, and the computer control system used to operate and control the machine and completely process the data.
Machine performance specifications and typical data are included.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/730582
Pages
16
Citation
Bird, K., and Martin, J., "The Calspan Tire Research Facility: Design, Development, and Initial Test Results," SAE Technical Paper 730582, 1973, https://doi.org/10.4271/730582.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 1, 1973
Product Code
730582
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English