Prediction of tire tread wear with FEM steady state rolling contact simulation2

Tire Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-202

  Zheng, D ^a  

^a Continental Tire North America Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Steady state rolling simulation; Tread wear

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ROLLING RESISTANCE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ROLLING CONTACT; TIRE TREAD; VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITIONS;

TIRES;

EID: 0142242159     PISSN: 00908657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2346/1.2135268     Document Type: Article

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