Contact analysis of tire tread rubber on flat surface with microscopic roughness

Tire Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-255

  Kuwajima, M ^a   Koishi, M ^a   Sugimura, J ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FEM; Friction; Rolling sliding contact; Surface roughness; Tire tread rubber

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FRICTION COEFFICIENT; MICROSCOPIC ROUGHNESS; ROLLING FRICTION; SLIDING FRICTION; TIRE TREAD RUBBER;

TIRES;

EID: 33846689656     PISSN: 00908657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2346/1.2346375     Document Type: Article

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