Dynamic behaviour of motorcycles front wheel are not different to similar wheel suspensionmotion of airplanes and road vehicles. In every case self excited oscillations caused bythe tire occur. Only the different design of wheel suspension produces some differentcoupling. The deviation of a moving wheel on a horizontal plane from straight rolling iscaused by unstable lateral con...

The road transportation sector places a severe burden on large parts of the population in the form of road traffic noise. A main contributor to this is the rolling noise generated by the tires of trucks and other heavy vehicles. Advanced simulation tools are not only needed for a better physical understanding of rolling noise generation, but also for the design of quieter tires and road surface...

Tire-road friction is the most important piece of information used by active safety systems. However, most conventional friction estimation/ detection methods are accurate only within the non-linear region. In addition, such methods require numerous sensors, such as yaw rate sensors, acceleration sensors, and steering angle sensors. In this paper, a friction estimation method using a tire vibra...

Tire forces are the major forces propelling the road vehicles. They significantly affect the dynamic behavior of the vehicles. Estimation of the tire forces is essential in vehicle dynamics and control. This paper presents an observer-based scheme for estimation of the longitudinal tire force of electric vehicles in real time. The observer is based on a nonlinearity observer method. The pole-pl...

A pavement surface having its texture deflections mostly directed downwards is said to have a “negative texture” and is expected to result in positive tire/road noise and rolling resistance properties. Negative textures are typical of porous asphalt pavements, but another way to achieve this is to grind-off the top of the asperities of a rough-textured surface. This paper explores the applicati...

It is well known that tires play an important role in the generation of rolling noise. For low frequencies, the circular ring model can describe in a simple way the tire dynamic behaviour. This model is based on the Euler Bernoulli beam theory and takes into account the prestress generated by the internal air pressure but is otherwise linear. However, nonlinear effects resulting from high inter...

Inflatable robotic rovers (IRRs) are a promising concept for long-range exploration and access to high-risk areas on planetary surfaces. Through inflation or expansion of their locomotion elements, inflatable rovers can achieve extraordinary terrainability not possible by other conventional mobility systems while maintaining respectable travel speeds. Early work by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat...

Tire rolling resistance has a significant influence on fuel consumption in cars and trucks CO2 emissions. Rolling depends the tire construction, pavement texture stiffness, as well environmental traffic conditions. This article presents pilot study impact of passenger car tires. Reasons why Mean Profile Depth is not good descriptor characteristics from point view are presented, an experimental ...