Embedded flexible force sensor for in-situ tire-road interaction measurements

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1756-1765

  Zhang, Yizhai ^a   Yi, Jingang ^a   Liu, Tao ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact model; pneumatic tire; stick slip interactions; tactile sensing; tire sensors

Indexed keywords

CONTACT - FRICTIONS; CONTACT MODELS; INTERACTION TESTING; PNEUMATIC TIRES; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; TACTILE SENSING; TIRE CONTACT PATCHES; TIRE SENSORS;

ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SENSORS; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP;

TIRES;

EID: 84876064824     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2241051     Document Type: Article

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