A Finite Element Tire Model and Vibration Analysis: A New Approach

Tire Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-172

  Zhang, Y ^a   Palmer, T ^a   Farahani, A ^a  

^a Engineering Technology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; FFT; Finite element analysis; Proving ground; Time domain; Vibration mode

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SOFTWARE PACKAGE LS/DYNA3D; SOFTWARE PACKAGE NASTRAN; TIRE MODEL;

TIRES;

EID: 0032108481     PISSN: 00908657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2346/1.2135966     Document Type: Article

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