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Tire wear negatively affects vehicle safety and riding comfort. Abnormal wear is more dangerous and wears tires out more quickly. In this paper, numerical and sensitivity analyses of polygonal wear caused by unstable vibration are presented. The model used for this study was based on the works of Sueoka. Tread self-excited vibration was analyzed in a quantitative sense, which was qualitatively different from the work of Sueoka. Wear was plotted on tire circumference visually. The mechanism governing polygonal tire wear was investigated as that both the polygonal wear and the standing wave are caused by two types of tread vibrations that only differ in the extent of the tread vibration. Sensitivity analysis shows that decreases in tread mass and stiffness and increases in tread damping lead to noticeable reductions in tire wear. This information could help tire manufacturers produce tires that exhibit less wear caused by tread vibration.
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Hai-bo Huang is now an associate professor of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Ningbo University. He received his Master’s and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Shandong University, China in 2002 and Tongji University, China in 2006, respectively. His research interests include wear in rotating systems and tire dynamics.
Yi-Jui Chiu obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan in 2008. He had been working at the High-Tech Facility Design and Construction Center in National Taiwan University. Now, he is working at Ningbo University, China. His research interests include rotor dynamics and structure vibration.
Xiao-xiong Jin is a professor of the automotive college of Tongji University. He got his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University, China in 1975, 1995 and 1998, respectively. His research interests include vehicle vibration and noise control and vehicle structure durability.
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Huang, Hb., Chiu, YJ. & Jin, Xx. Numerical calculation of irregular tire wear caused by tread self-excited vibration and sensitivity analysis. J Mech Sci Technol 27, 1923–1931 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-013-0505-0
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