Numerical investigation of snow traction characteristics of 3-D patterned tire |
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Authors: | JH Choi JR Cho JS Woo KW Kim |
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Institution: | 1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea;2. Research and Development Institute of Midas IT, Gyeonggi 463-400, Republic of Korea;3. R&D Center of Kumho Tire Co. Ltd., Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | Traction and braking performances of automobile tire on the snow road are quite distinct from those on the dry or wet road, because of the complicated snow deformation caused by the complex tread blocks. In fact, the mathematical formulation of the snow deformation is extremely difficult, because not only it depends on the loading condition but its material properties are significantly dependent on the icing state (i.e. the snow density). The purpose of the current study is to introduce a numerical simulation of the snow–tire interaction by making use of Lagrangian finite element method and Eulerian finite volume method. The interaction between the tire tread blocks and the snow deformation is implemented by the explicit Euler–Lagrangian coupling scheme. The multi-surface yield model is adopted to describe both the softening and yielding of snow, and the associated material properties are chosen based upon the existing data in literature and the preliminary verification simulation. The numerical experiments are carried out by MSC/Dytran to investigate the parametric characteristics of the snow traction to the snow hardness, the block depth and the tread pattern. |
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