Finite Element Simulation of Tire-Rim Interface

Tseng, N. T.; Pelle, R. G.; Chang, J. P.

doi:10.2346/1.2141690

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“…Noor and Tanner [3] have reviewed FEA tire modeling used by other researchers. While many different FEA tire models have been developed to study the general tire behavior such as stress and deformation due to inflation, natural frequencies, footprint shape and rolling contact models [4][5][6][7][8], rolling resistance [9,10], tire/rim interaction [11,12], or even to simulate some destructive tire testing [13], very few tire models were developed to be directly used in vehicle dynamics analysis [14] and none, to the authors knowledge, were used in real time Proving Ground simulation. Virtual Proving Ground *** (VPG) is an analysis methodology developed at Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. for full vehicle real time proving ground simulations.…”

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Validation of a FEA Tire Model for Vehicle Dynamic Analysis and Full Vehicle Real Time Proving Ground Simulations

Lee¹,

Kim²,

Hallquist³

et al. 1997

SAE Technical Paper Series

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A tire model and its interface performance with road surface plays a major role in vehicle dynamics analysis and full vehicle real time proving ground simulations. The successful tire model must be able to support the vehicle weight, provide vehicle control and stability, transfer various forces and torques from road/tire interaction to a vehicle chassis/ suspension system. The dynamic effects in terms of tire stiffness and internal damping characteristics in impact loading conditions must also be accounted for in the model. A Finite Element Analysis (FEA) tire model is established and its performance is validated using LS/DYNA3D * analysis code simulating the radial and lateral static stiffness test conditions, the one-meter dynamic freedrop test condition and the rolling cornering stiffness. The analysis results are compared with available test data and a generic empirical formula. * LS/DYNA3D is a trademark of Livermore Software Technology Corporation ** Numbers in brackets refer to references at the end of this paper *** Virtual Proving Ground (VPG) is a trademark of Engineering Technology Associates, Inc.

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Validation of a FEA Tire Model for Vehicle Dynamic Analysis and Full Vehicle Real Time Proving Ground Simulations

Lee¹,

Kim²,

Hallquist³

et al. 1997

SAE Technical Paper Series

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“…It is, therefore, reasonable to expect that the use of the finite element analysis can lead to a better understanding of how tires function and fail, by revealing the critical regions. Furthermore, finite element analysis can provide very useful information, thereby reducing the need for building prototype tires and the cost of extensive testing [1].…”

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“…Finite element simulation of a tire is a difficult task. The major numerical difficulties include geometric nonlinearity due to large deformation, material nonlinearity, incompressibility constraint on the deformation of elastomers, and the nonlinear boundary conditions (contact boundary) [1][2][3]. Among these difficulties, the disposal of contact boundary is the most important, and has attracted much attention [1][2][3][4]7,11].…”

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“…The major numerical difficulties include geometric nonlinearity due to large deformation, material nonlinearity, incompressibility constraint on the deformation of elastomers, and the nonlinear boundary conditions (contact boundary) [1][2][3]. Among these difficulties, the disposal of contact boundary is the most important, and has attracted much attention [1][2][3][4]7,11]. In many circumstances penalty term [3,4] or gap element [1,11] is employed to describe the interaction of two contacting bodies.…”

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“…Among these difficulties, the disposal of contact boundary is the most important, and has attracted much attention [1][2][3][4]7,11]. In many circumstances penalty term [3,4] or gap element [1,11] is employed to describe the interaction of two contacting bodies. Unfortunately, neither of these methods can give an exact contact boundary.…”

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Finite Element Formulation of Tire with Static Foundation Contact and Its Application

Yan

2005

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

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Tire's are made up of a typical fiber–rubber composite structure. A finite element model of a tire with foundation contact is developed in this study. In this model, the rubber compounds are simulated by incompressible elements, which are treated using the Lagrangian multipliers method. The nonlinear mechanical properties of the elastomers are modeled by the Mooney–Rivlin model. The belts, carcass, and bead are modeled by an equivalent orthotropic material model in which the effective moduli are determined from the individual material properties of the rubber compound and cord based on the Halpin–Tsai equations. For composite elements consisting of multi-ply cord–rubber composites, three-dimensional effective elastic constants can be determined using the material model presented by Sun and Li. The contact constraint of the tire with a flat foundation and rigid rim is treated using the variable constraint method. For the large deformation description of the tire, the Lagrangian method is used here. The strain tensor and the stress tensor are selected as, respectively, the Green–Lagrangian strain tensor and the second Piola– Kirchhoff stress tensor. In finite element code, two kinds of three-dimensional elements are used – an eight-node brick isoparametric element (hexahedral element) and a six-node isoparametric element (pentahedral element). The present numerical results show that the reliability and convergence of the model are fairly good. Moreover, three groups of radial tires with different belt widths under inflation and static footprint loading are analyzed using the finite element method. Based on the detailed analysis for stress analysis parameters in the critical regions in the tires, the relative belt edge endurance is predicted.

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Analysis of extension propagation process of interface crack between belts of a radial tire using a finite element method

Feng

Yan

Wei

et al. 2004

Applied Mathematical Modelling

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Finite Element Simulation of Tire-Rim Interface

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Validation of a FEA Tire Model for Vehicle Dynamic Analysis and Full Vehicle Real Time Proving Ground Simulations

Validation of a FEA Tire Model for Vehicle Dynamic Analysis and Full Vehicle Real Time Proving Ground Simulations

Finite Element Formulation of Tire with Static Foundation Contact and Its Application

Analysis of extension propagation process of interface crack between belts of a radial tire using a finite element method

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