In the last of this year’s series of 30th anniversary look-back articles, TTI technical editor…
Author: Joe Walter
Joe Walter
Joe presently enjoys teaching vehicle dynamics and subjects related to tire materials and mechanics at The University of Akron. He previously served as vice president of the Bridgestone Americas Research Center in Akron and president of the Bridgestone European Technical Center in Rome. Joe obtained graduate and undergraduate degrees in engineering from Virginia Tech a long time ago.
TTI’s technical editor explains why maintaining tire pressure remains a persistent problem in pneumatic tire…
Fossil fuels collectively supply about 85% of today’s world energy; of this amount, transportation powered…
Pneumatic tires always roll with slip unless traveling straight ahead with their loaded rolling radius…
The pneumatic tire is a rotating air spring continuously compressed in the region of road…
Surprisingly, composite and/or laminated materials used in manufactured goods predate the founding of ancient Rome.…
The likelihood of a car being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm is extremely low,…
