Leyao Wu, Gavan W. Lienhart, S. Basak, S. Jana, Kevin A. Cavicchi, J. Eagan
{"title":"Crystallinity of Recycled PET Fibers from Chemical and Mechanical Reprocessing","authors":"Leyao Wu, Gavan W. Lienhart, S. Basak, S. Jana, Kevin A. Cavicchi, J. Eagan","doi":"10.2346/tire.23.22020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.23.22020","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This work investigated the effect of isophthalate (iso) content in poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) materials on its degree of crystallinity (χ%) and mechanical properties. Melt blends were prepared from virgin (0 iso-wt.%) and bottle-grade (1.7 iso-wt.%) PET and subsequently spun into fibers. The mechanical and crystallinity properties were determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and uniaxial tensile testing. The crystallinity results determined from DSC and XRD quantified the relationship between iso-content and χ% in the materials. It was found that melt-mixing of different isophthalate grades had a lesser effect on melting temperature (Tm) and χ% than chemically recycled random copolymers of terephthalate and isophthalate. It was further shown that random copolymers of <0.25 iso-wt.% had comparable crystallinity to the virgin high-modulus low-shrink (HMLS) materials.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49394193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Exponential Decay Model for Decaying of Contact Patch Friction Steering Moment with Rolling Speed","authors":"Jai Prakash, M. Vignati, E. Sabbioni","doi":"10.2346/tire.23.21017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.23.21017","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Steering torque is a very important quantity for the driver's response. In fact, it gives the driver an idea of the road adherence condition during driving. Several models have been developed to simulate shear forces at the contact patch; most of them are based on semi-empirical tire models that account for slip and slip angles. They have good reliability when speed is high enough, but at very low speed, such as in parking, these models suffer from reliability and numerical issues. This paper presents a model to compute the steering moment due to contact patch friction at any longitudinal speed including pivot steering condition. In particular, it supplements the pivot steering model with a novel exponential decay of moment model to simulate steering moment for various wheel rolling speeds. The decay rate was found to be dependent upon contact patch geometry and rolling speed.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49271736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Microsphere-Based Rubber Curing Model for Tire Production Simulation","authors":"T. Berger, Kim Sang-hyub, M. Kaliske","doi":"10.2346/tire.23.21018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.23.21018","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this contribution, a constitutive model for rubber is presented that describes the material in its unvulcanized and vulcanized state as well as during its phase transition. The model is based on the microsphere approach to represent the three-dimensional macroscopic behavior by a set of one-dimensional microscopic chains. When the uncured rubber is exposed to large temperature, the polymer chains build-up crosslinks among each other and the material changes its properties from soft viscoplastic to stiffer viscoelastic behavior. The state of cure over time at different temperatures is identified via a moving die rheometer (MDR) test. Based on this experimental data, a kinetic model is fitted to represent the state of cure in the simulation. The material model changes from the description of an unvulcanized state to a vulcanized state based on the current degree of cure in a thermomechanically consistent manner and fulfills the second law of thermodynamics. The curing model framework is suitable to combine any given material models for uncured and cured rubber.\u0000 The presented material formulation is applied to an axisymmetric tire production simulation. Therefore, the kinetic state of cure approach is fitted to MDR experimental data. The uncured and cured material model parameters are fitted separately to experiments by a gradient based fitting procedure. The in-molding and curing process of a tire production is simulated by a finite element approach. Subsequently, the simulated footprint of the tire is compared to experimental results. It can be shown that the quality of the footprint could be optimized solely by changing the shape of the green tire.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42269012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Feißel, M. Kunze, D. Hesse, V. Ivanov, K. Augsburg, S. Gramstat
{"title":"On-Road Vehicle Measurement of Tire Wear Particle Emissions and Approach for Emission Prediction","authors":"T. Feißel, M. Kunze, D. Hesse, V. Ivanov, K. Augsburg, S. Gramstat","doi":"10.2346/tire.22.21024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.22.21024","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Airborne particulate matter has long been associated with negative environmental and health impacts. Tire wear, in the form of particulate matter and microplastics, also poses a potential hazard to human health and the ecosystem. In order to develop measures minimizing tire related pollution, it is necessary to identify and classify all relevant influencing parameters. Within the scope of this study, a measurement vehicle is presented enabling sampling and measurement of tire-induced particles under varying operating conditions. The measurement setup ensures the separation of brake and tire wear and includes particle measurement devices as well as numerous vehicle motion sensors. Based on on-road tests, correlations between driving dynamic parameters and particle emission were analyzed. Furthermore, a first approach for tire-induced particle emission prediction is presented.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44832366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rajvardhan Nalawade, A. Nouri, Utkarsh Gupta, Anish Gorantiwar, S. Taheri
{"title":"Improved Vehicle Longitudinal Velocity Estimation Using Accelerometer Based Intelligent Tire","authors":"Rajvardhan Nalawade, A. Nouri, Utkarsh Gupta, Anish Gorantiwar, S. Taheri","doi":"10.2346/tire.22.20012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.22.20012","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 An intelligent tire–based algorithm was developed to reinforce the vehicle longitudinal velocity estimation, from the vehicle inertial measurement unit (IMU). A tire was instrumented using a triaxis accelerometer (intelligent tire) in an instrumented vehicle with an IMU, and a global positioning system (GPS) based speed sensor (VBOX) as the ground truth for vehicle velocity. A testing matrix was developed, including two tire inflation pressures, two normal loads, and variable speed between 4 m/s to 14 m/s. A signal processing algorithm was developed to analyze the data from the accelerometer. Variational mode decomposition and Hilbert spectrum analysis were used for extracting features from each tire revolution. Later, a machine learning algorithm was trained to estimate the velocity using the acceleration data from the intelligent tire. Because the sampling rates of the IMU data and the intelligent tire data were different, sensor fusion was implemented. This calculated velocity was then used to correct the IMU-based estimated velocity. This new velocity can be used to enhance the performance of all advanced chassis control systems, such as ABS and ESP.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43728022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tire Science and TechnologyKeyword Index to Volume 50 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.2346/1945-5852-50.4.380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/1945-5852-50.4.380","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45618319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tire Science and TechnologyAuthor Index to Volume 50 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.2346/1945-5852-50.4.377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/1945-5852-50.4.377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47045933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luigi Romano, F. Timpone, F. Bruzelius, B. Jacobson
{"title":"Transient Tire Slip Losses Using the Brush Theory","authors":"Luigi Romano, F. Timpone, F. Bruzelius, B. Jacobson","doi":"10.2346/tire.22.20002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.22.20002","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Tire slip losses have been shown to have a significant impact on vehicle performance in terms of energy efficiency, thus requiring accurate studies. In this paper, the transient dissipation mechanisms connected to the presence of micro-sliding phenomena occurring at the tire–road interface are investigated analytically. The influence of a two-dimensional velocity field inside the contact patch is also considered in light of the new brush theory recently developed by the authors. Theoretical results align with findings already known from literature but suggest that the camber and turn spins contribute differently to the slip losses and should be regarded as separate entities when the camber angle is sufficiently large. The present work shows that an additional amount of power which relates to the initial sliding conditions is generated or lost during the unsteady-state maneuvers. A simple example is presented to illustrate the discrepancy between the microscopic and macroscopic approaches during a transient maneuver.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47401298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanghyeub Kim, T. Berger, M. Piao, I. Zreid, M. Kaliske
{"title":"Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Shrinkage in Polymeric Cords. II: Numerical Implementation","authors":"Sanghyeub Kim, T. Berger, M. Piao, I. Zreid, M. Kaliske","doi":"10.2346/tire.22.22001b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.22.22001b","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this Part II of a two-part paper, a way of modeling axisymmetric rebars to represent the thermal shrinkage of polymeric cords within a thermo-mechanically coupled algorithm is presented without the assumption of a smeared layer. The mechanical characteristics of the proposed approach are compared to the classical approach using only one four-node axisymmetric element with unit dimensions. In addition, the shrinkage behavior of a simplified model made only of plies is discussed. The deformation behavior of polymeric cords during the tire manufacturing process, from the in-molding where a tire is formed by a mold under high pressure and temperature to curing and cooling, is addressed. Finally, the predicted profiles with and without post-cure inflation are compared to the test results.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47709228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sanghyeub Kim, T. Berger, Jaeho Paek, I. Zreid, M. Kaliske
{"title":"Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Shrinkage in Polymeric Cords. I: Constitutive Modeling","authors":"Sanghyeub Kim, T. Berger, Jaeho Paek, I. Zreid, M. Kaliske","doi":"10.2346/tire.22.22001a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.22.22001a","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In this Part I of a two-part paper, a constitutive model for polymeric cords is proposed in order to represent the thermo-mechanical behavior, such as thermal shrinkage and large deformations during the curing and post-curing process in tires. A series of experiments, including tensile test, free shrinkage test, and shrinkage force test, are performed and compared to the proposed model using the identified material parameters.","PeriodicalId":44601,"journal":{"name":"Tire Science and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68770673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}