Development of A Tire Blowout Experimental Platform for Dynamics and Control Validation

2026-01-0202

04/07/2025

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Tires are critical to vehicle dynamics, transmitting traction, braking, and cornering forces to the road. A tire blowout, the sudden and rapid loss of inflation pressure due to puncture or structural failure, can cause severe instability, rollover, or collisions. Understanding vehicle response during blowout events is essential for developing robust safety systems and control strategies. Earlier developed simulation models are used to study and understand vehicle behavior during blowouts, but there is a lack of on-road testing platforms to validate these models experimentally. A custom-built blowout device integrated with a data acquisition system has been developed to address this gap. It consists of multiple solenoid valves mounted on the wheel surface and powered by a 12V supply. All valves are triggered at the same time using an RF remote, producing rapid and synchronized deflation. An Arduino-based actuation system is being developed for individual valve actuation and custom deflation profiles. Vehicle instrumentation includes GNSS, IMU, and CAN-based data acquisition for vehicle dynamic variables, and outriggers are installed on the vehicle to ensure safety during testing. Unlike prior devices that use single valves with external pneumatic hoses and laboratory-only operation, the proposed platform is compact, lightweight, and field-deployable due to its integration of multi-valve actuation, custom deflation control, outrigger-based safety measures, and instrumentation. The developed platform enables safe, repeatable, and full-scale on-road blowout testing within required timeframes, providing a novel framework that bridges simulation and real-world validation.
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KANTHALA, Maha Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Ashwin Krishnakumar, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Yan Chen, "Development of A Tire Blowout Experimental Platform for Dynamics and Control Validation," SAE Technical Paper 2026-01-0202, 2025-, .
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Apr 7, 2025
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2026-01-0202
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Technical Paper
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English