Contact modelling of the tyre/road interface

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-202

  Burke, A M ^a   Olatunbosun, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact modelling; Finite element method; MSC NASTRAN V67 finite element solver; Tyre road interface

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADS (FORCES);

SOFTWARE PACKAGE MSC/NASTRAN V67; TIRE/ROAD INTERFACE CONTACT MODELLING;

TIRES;

EID: 0030679432     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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