Regular TTI columnist Gregory Smith assesses the complexities and science behind tire friction measurement
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Dean Tener, technical manager of the Smithers Rapra tire testing center in North America, discusses the challenges of developing tires for autonomous vehicles
Alan Bennetts, owner at Bay Systems, analyzes the importance of thermodynamics measurement in the development of new tire variants
TyrePal’s business development manager, Peter Tillotson, discusses the lack of TPMS regulation for alternative vehicles and the impact this is having upon fuel consumption, breakdown costs and driver safety
Alan Thomas, director of research and consultancy at CAVT, in the UK, follows up on Joe Walter’s latest column on effective mass, to reiterate a basic engineering principle that is often overlooked by the automotive industry
Smithers Rapra’s new report The Future of Tyre Raw Materials to 2021 provides exclusive insight into the key threats, opportunities and disruptive technologies that could shape tire material supply and demand
Vehicle fuel energy is consumed not only in linear motion, but also in overcoming the inertia of rotating components. These spinning components create a dynamic response, known as an ‘effective mass’, that seemingly increases the overall bulk of an accelerating vehicle. This virtual mass, added to vehicle weight as an equivalent non-rotating constituent, adversely affects the acceleration performance and fuel economy of all road cars
The Young Scientist Prize winner explains why he believes that FE modeling is only worthwhile for tire makers and invites industry members to give successful examples of the commercial deployment of tire FE models outside tire companies
At the 2015 Tire Technology Expo, long-time TTI contributor Roger Williams received a Lifetime Achievement Award. In his final column for TTI, Roger looks back on a 55-year career that began at the age of 17 working with cross-ply tires at Dunlop
Walter considers the similarities between the role of tires and air springs
