轮胎有限元分析技术及其在轮胎结构优选中的应用

建立了一个轮胎结构有限元分析模型,考虑了轮胎变形的几何非线性、轮胎与地面和轮胎与轮辋的大变形非线性接触、轮胎的非均匀性、橡胶材料的不可压缩性和物理非线性及橡胶基复合材料的各向异性,此外,还探讨了这种轮胎有限分析模型在轮胎结构优选中的应用。     

橡胶复合材料结构大变形有限元分析

建立了一个橡胶复合材料结构有限元分析模型。在该模型中 ,考虑了轮胎变形的几何非线性、轮胎与地面和轮胎与轮辋的大变形非线性接触、轮胎材料的非均匀性和物理非线性及橡胶基复合材料的各向异性。此外 ,本文还利用该模型研制的有限元分析软件对全钢丝子午胎的变形轮廓进行了详细的分析。     

轮胎非线性有限元分析

轮胎大变形中的刚性转动十分显著。本文采用跟踪位形法有限元分析,描述了轮胎大变形中平衡位形改变、载荷方向改变以及元素面积改变所产生的非线性影响。数值计算结果与实验符合较好。     

不同材料参数和内压的轮胎对单腹板轮毂变形的影响

将轮胎材料简化为各向同性超弹性材料特性，考虑轮胎与轮毂和地面之间的三维接触以及轮胎中钢丝圈的影响，建立飞机单腹板机轮整体结构有限元模型。主要分析不同轮胎材料参数和内压下，单腹板轮毂轮缘处的径向变形，结果表明；轮毂剖面上测点的应变值与实验结果基本一致。轮胎下沉量与轮毂测点的径向变形和轮毂所受的载荷基本呈线性关系；凸出一侧的轮缘变形最大；轮胎下沉量较大时。轮胎材料参数对轮毂的径向变形影响明显；轮毂测点径向变形在1-2.5mm时，相同的径向变形，轮毂受到的总载荷受轮胎材料参数变化而变化，而在变形较大或较小时，影响不明显。对于同一种轮胎材料，不同的内压，轮毂的变形减轻比较大，气压越高，对于相同的轮胎下沉量，轮毂受到总体荷载也越高。     

轮胎结构分析的一般壳体精化理论

基于一般壳体理论和Reddy型剪切精化理论，发展出适用于充气轮胎的结构非线性分析的一般壳体精化理论。为获得一个具有解析结构的近似解，将Bezier多项式用于分片描述轮胎几何形状和位移场，应用Rayleigh-Ritz法构造轮胎在充气内压作用下的内力，变形和层间应力的解，这一模型具有任意铺层性，复杂曲面逼近便捷和求解精度可控等优点。为比较起见，文中还对轮胎结构作了三维有限元数值分析。两种方法的综合比较表明，该文提出的轮胎模型不仅预测结果精确，而且大大节省计算量。     

基于轮胎非线性特性的汽车动力学问题

长期以来,人们对轮胎的非线性进行了大量的理论与试验研究,总结出各种理论模型与经验模型。利用这些非线性轮胎模型建立汽车动力学的非线性常微分方程组,通过数值积分,可以获得汽车在各种工况条件下的稳态与瞬态转向特性。但这些模型的普遍缺点是不能用于对汽车行驶的稳定性作定性分析。本文提出了一种轮胎非线性侧特性的摄动模型,利用近似解析方法,讨论了轮胎非线性特性对汽车的转向特性、动态响应和汽车行驶稳定性的影响,导     

子午线轮胎接触变形的结构有限元分析

针对195／60R14子午线轮胎建立了三维非线性有限元模型，着重研究了额定充气压力及静载荷作用下帘线承受拉应力和剪应力的基本特征。计算结果表明，接地区域摩擦力呈斜对称分布，反映了轮胎中帘线-橡胶复合材料存在变形耦合效应；冠带层、带束层、胎体帘线应力分布较为复杂，载荷变化对其应力水平和分布影响较大；在胎肩部位应力较高，且随载荷变化局部帘线应力变化剧烈，在承受交变载荷时，易形成层间剥落。分析结果有助于预测轮胎的使用性能，可以针对性地应用于因轮胎结构设计引起的质量损坏，某些对轮胎使用性能不利的受力状态可通过结构的优化设计来克服。     

轮胎非线性对汽车悬架系统的影响

本文首次运用现代非线性动力学与分岔理论对采用轮胎非线性模型的汽车悬架运动特性进行了研究。并仿真比较了轮胎线性悬架模型和非线性模型对路面激励的响应。结果表明轮胎的非线性特性对汽车悬架的动力学特性有很大影响,在一定条件下产生了Hopf分岔,并求出了产生Hopf分岔的条件。     

轮胎与地面接触问题的非线性有限元分析

考虑轮胎的材料非线性、几何非线性、橡胶帘线复合材料各向异性、以及橡胶材料本身的不可压缩特性等,分析了9．00R20子午线轮胎静态下与地面的接触问题,考察了不同下沉量、不同内压及静摩擦系数与因素对轮胎静态接地面内应力应变场的影响,得出了对工程设计有指导意义的结论。     

蠕动爬行微电机械力－电耦合的致动特性分析

对于以施加电场作为驱动的蠕动爬行微电机构，在柔韧薄板理论和电学物理基础上，通过考虑驱动元件在电场力作用下的几何非线性变形和与结构变形相关的电荷分布及电场力分布，建立了其驱动元件的非线性耦合模型。在此基础上，采用矩量法和增量有限元法相结合，给出了其微电机构在失稳前由弯曲变形引起的蠕动距离随外加电压之间的特征关系。     

Agricultural tire deformation in the 2D case by finite element methods

The mechanical characteristics of the rubber tire and the interaction between a tire and a rigid surface were investigated by a two-dimensional (2D) finite element (FE) model. The FE model consists of a rigid rim and a rigid contact surface which interact with the elastic tire. Four distinct sets of elastic parameters are used to represent beads, sidewall, tread and lugs. Several sets of tire loads and inflation pressures were applied to the FE model as boundary conditions, together with various displacements and friction conditions. The deformation of the tire profile, the tire displacements in the vertical and lateral directions, the normal contact pressures, the frictional forces and the stress distribution of the tire components were investigated by the 2D FE model under the above boundary conditions. The calculated tire deflections were compared with the measured data. The results show a good fit between calculated and measured data, especially at high load and inflation pressure. The comparison shows that the FE analysis is suitable to predict aspects of the tire performance like its deflection and interactions with the contact surface. Compared with the experimental methods, the FE methods show many advantages in the prediction of tire deformation, contact pressure and stress distribution.     

2D FE–DEM analysis of contact stress and tractive performance of a tire driven on dry sand

Normal and tangential stresses acting over a contact interface of a tire driven on dry sand were investigated to expand the applicability of our model incorporating 2D FE–DEM with proportional–integral–derivative (PID) control. A simple averaging method for contact reaction was introduced: computational segments were defined over the lower half part of the tire circumference that translates without rotation with the tire; then the contact stresses were calculated segment by segment. For the analysis, it was assumed that the tire was in rigid contact mode and that it would travel on the model sand terrain in stationary condition. The integration of normal and tangential contact stresses with respect to the angle of rotation was then applied to calculate the vertical contact load, gross tractive effort, net traction, and running resistance of the tire by parametric (or semi-empirical) analysis. The result of tractive performance obtained through the parametric analysis was found to be similar to the result of tractive performance obtained directly using FE–DEM analysis. A forward shift of the consistent angle of rotation for maximum normal contact stress and that for maximum tangential contact stress with the increase of slip from 22% was also observed in the FE–DEM result.     

A tire–ice model (TIM) for traction estimation

Increased traffic safety levels are of highest importance, especially when driving on icy roads. Experimental investigations for a detailed understanding of pneumatic tire performance on ice are expensive and time consuming. The changing ambient and ice conditions make it challenging to maintain repeatable test conditions during a test program. This paper presents a tire–ice contact model (TIM) to simulate the friction levels between the tire and the ice surface. The main goal of this model is to predict the tire–ice friction based on the temperature rise in the contact patch. The temperature rise prediction in the contact patch is based on the pressure distribution in the contact patch and on the thermal properties of the tread compound and of the ice surface. The contact patch is next classified into wet and dry regions based on the ice surface temperature and temperature rise simulations. The principle of thermal balance is then applied to compute the friction level in the contact patch. The tire–ice contact model is validated by comparing friction levels from simulations and experimental findings. Friction levels at different conditions of load, inflation pressure, and ice temperatures have been simulated using the tire–ice contact model and compared to experimental findings.     

Hybrid soft soil tire model (HSSTM). Part III: Model parameterization and validation

Part I describes the tire structure model; part II the contact detection and contact interface models for rigid and deformable terrains; part III the model parameterization and validation. Model parameters are estimated using non-linear least-square optimization to minimize the error between the Hybrid Soft Soil Tire Model (HSSTM) predictions and experimental data. The parameterization routines’ initial conditions are estimated from modal analysis in radial and circumferential directions. The preliminary parameterized model is incorporated in the optimization routine to find tire sidewall and belt parameters in the radial direction using quasi-static cleat loading test data. The vertical force at the spindle and tire contact patch are used to study the model accuracy in the radial direction. FlatTrac tire longitudinal and lateral force test data are employed to estimate the parameters in these directions. The tire shear force and moment at the spindle are validated against experimental data for lateral dynamics performance.     

Numerical investigation of hydroplaning characteristics of three-dimensional patterned tire

Hydroplaning characteristics of patterned tire on wet road are investigated by making use of finite volume and finite element methods. A detailed 3-D patterned tire model is constructed by our in-house modeling program and the rainwater flow is considered as incompressible and inviscid. Meanwhile, the fluid–structure interaction between the highly complicated tire tread and the rainwater flow is effectively treated by the general coupling method. Through the numerical experiments, the rainwater flow drained through tire grooves, hydrodynamic pressure and contact force are investigated and compared with those of the three-grooved tire model.     

Modeling and motion simulation of a three-wheeled mobile robot with front wheel driven and steered taking into account wheels�� slip

The problem of modeling of dynamics of a three-wheeled mobile robot with front wheel driven and steered is analyzed in this paper. Kinematical structure and kinematics of the robot are described. A universal methodology of analytical modeling of robot??s dynamics is applied. This methodology takes into account wheel-ground contact conditions and wheels?? slip. Its essence is the use of a contact model of deformable tire with rigid ground and division of the robot??s dynamics model into parts connected with wheels, including tire model, and with the mobile platform. The tire model used in this paper results from empirical dependencies determined during investigations of car tires. Ground geometry and type are specified in the environment model. Tire-ground interface is characterized by coefficients of friction and rolling resistance. The robot model takes into account the presence of friction in kinematical pairs. The model of servomotors is included as well. The important part of this work is simulation research performed using Matlab/Simulink package. Simulation research includes solving of the forward and inverse dynamics problems as well as the tracking control task. During simulations, the robot was moving on concrete and on a piece of ice. The simulation research enabled verification of the elaborated solutions.     

A modified point contact tire model for the simulation of vehicle ride quality

The vertical response characteristics of several tire models were mathematically analysed by computer program. The results from the computation were compared with those from experiments. The tire models mentioned in this paper are evaluated. Finally, a modified point contact tire model has been proposed. The validity of it was then examined by experiment with tires 6.50–16 and 6.50R16.     

Finite element modeling of interfacial forces and contact stresses of pneumatic tire on fresh snow for combined longitudinal and lateral slips

Significant challenges exist in the prediction of interaction forces generated from the interface between pneumatic tires and snow-covered terrains due to the highly non-linear nature of the properties of flexible tires, deformable snow cover and the contact mechanics at the interface of tire and snow. Operational conditions of tire-snow interaction are affected by many factors, especially interfacial slips, including longitudinal slip during braking or driving, lateral slip (slip angle) due to turning, and combined slip (longitudinal and lateral slips) due to brake-and-turn and drive-and-turn maneuvers, normal load applied on the wheel, friction coefficient at the interface and snow depth. This paper presents comprehensive three-dimensional finite element simulations of tire-snow interaction for low-strength snow under the full-range of controlled longitudinal and lateral slips for three vertical loads to gain significant mechanistic insight. The pneumatic tire was modeled using elastic, viscoelastic and hyperelastic material models; the snow was modeled using the modified Drucker-Prager Cap material model (MDPC). The traction, motion resistance, drawbar pull, tire sinkage, tire deflection, snow density, contact pressure and contact shear stresses were obtained as a function of longitudinal slip and lateral slip. Wheel states - braked, towed, driven, self-propelled, and driving - have been identified and serve as key classifiers of discernable patterns in tire-snow interaction such as zones of contact shear stresses. The predicted results can be applied to analytical deterministic and stochastic modeling of tire-snow interaction.