A simplified prediction of contact forces for tire-road noise modeling : theoretical and experimental approach
Résumé
The modeling of dynamic contact forces between a tire tread and a road surface is an
essential input for the prediction of absolute tire/road noise levels.
Here, an original approach called the Two-scale Iterative Method (TIM) is presented for
the analytical prediction of the contact force distribution between a rough road surface and
a tire. It is based on an approximate relation between the normal contact force and the
relative displacement at the tip of each punch, on which a contact law is known
analytically or calculated numerically. The relation takes into account the interacting effect
between the punches. Then pressure distribution on each individual punch can be
calculated by traditional numerical methods at a local scale. The calculation is much faster
than other existing methods, and real 3D contact patches with a large number of asperities
can be calculated.
An experimental validation is performed using a digital pressure sensing device
(Tekscan©). Static contact pressure distributions are measured and simulated for a slick
tire on eight different road surfaces. A fair agreement is obtained between measurements
and calculation of contact area, mean pressure and pressure distribution in the contact
patch. Thus, the use of this model for tire-road noise modeling is very encouraging.
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