A MECHANICAL MODEL FOR THE PREDICTION OF THE TIRE/ROAD FRICTION
The viscoelastic deformation of tire rubber by road surface asperities was modeled by the rolling contact between a Kelvin solid and a surface motif, which is the part of surface profiles between two peaks. Stress and strain calculations showed that contact losses might occur locally, depending on the rolling speed, the viscoelastic properties of the Kelvin solid and the geometry of the motif. Mean vertical and horizontal forces were calculated, from which a coefficient of friction was derived. The model was successfully coupled with a profile analysis method to predict tire/road friction at low speed from road surface microtexture. The contribution of various texture scales to friction was emphasized. For the covering abstract see ITRD E118503.
Motif combination — a new approach to surface profile analysis
Abstract A new method of determining the roughness parameter R and the waviness parameter W is presented: the method is based on work carried out in the French motor industry in 1980–1981 on computer simulation to determine R and W . A method was derived on the basis of such simple and general principles that it is expected to attract interest in areas other than its intended area of application.
Investigations of dielectric gratings using electrodynamic models based on volume integral equations
Eigenmodes of planar and cylindrical dielectric gratings (DGs) and electromagnetic wave scattering from multiplayer DGs are investigated. The DG characteristics are calculated using numerical-analytical solution of integral equations (IEs).