SIMULATION OF THERMAL SIGNATURE OF TIRES AND TRACKS

Content: ABSTRACT
Rubber is the main element of tires and the outside layer of tracks. Tire and track heating is caused by hysteresis effects due to the deformation of the rubber during operation. Tire temperatures can depend on many factors, including tire geometry, inflation pressure, vehicle load and speed, road type and temperature and environmental conditions. The focus of this study is to develop a finite element approach to computationally evaluate the temperature field of a steady-state rolling tire and track. The 3D thermal analysis software Radtherm was applied to calculate the average temperature of tread and sidewall, and the results of Radtherm agreed with ABAQUS results very well. The distributions of stress and strain energy density of the rolling tracks were investigated by ABAQUS as well. The future works were finally presented.

Meta Tags

Topics: Heat transfer
Thermal testing
Military vehicles and equipment
Finite element analysis
Elastomers
Tires
Research and development
Simulation and modeling

Affiliated or Co-Author: Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Center for Advanced vehicular Systems and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
CASSI Thermal and Signature Modeling Team, RDECOM-TARDEC, Warren, MI

Details

Citation: Tang, T., Johnson, D., Ledbury, E., Goddette, T., et al., "SIMULATION OF THERMAL SIGNATURE OF TIRES AND TRACKS," 2012 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium, Novi, Michigan, United States, August 13, 2012, https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-01-3372.

Additional Details