Development and optimization of a wide base FEA truck tire model for prediction of tire-road interactions

dc.contributor.advisorEl-Gindy, Moustafa
dc.contributor.authorReid, Adam Cameron
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-14T15:58:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-25T19:03:10Z
dc.date.available2015-05-14T15:58:19Z
dc.date.available2022-03-25T19:03:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-01
dc.degree.disciplineAutomotive Engineering
dc.degree.levelMaster of Applied Science (MASc)
dc.description.abstractThe most important aspect of any land-type vehicle is the efficiency in which it can translate energy from an engine, motor, or external source to the ground in an effort to move. Currently, the most efficient way to do so is through the use of pneumatic tires, which are the only link between the chassis and the ground interface. With recent advancements in the computational efficiency of modern computers, there has been a dynamic movement towards virtual modeling and experimentation of pneumatic tires. This thesis provides a detailed analysis of the selection, construction, validation, and possible applications for a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) based tire model. Through the use of an Adaptive Response Surface Method (ARSM) optimization algorithm, the newly constructed wide base FEA truck tire model underwent a parameter-tuning procedure of its materials until the behaviour of the virtual model closely matched the behaviour of the physical tire. The optimized tire model achieved a minimum of 1.78% error in the amount of rolling resistance force measured during steady-state driving conditions between the physical and simulated experiments. In addition, the static vertical deflection of the virtual tire model was able to be minimized to only 0.42% error in comparison to the physical tire. After the optimization process was completed, the FEA wide base truck tire model was used in virtual isolation experiments to populate an analytical in-plane and out-of-plane rigid ring model for use on rigid surfaces. This process has been completed in an effort to aid in the study, understanding and experimentation related to pneumatic tire dynamics.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technologyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10155/523
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectFEAen
dc.subjectWide-baseen
dc.subjectAutomotiveen
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectOptimizationen
dc.titleDevelopment and optimization of a wide base FEA truck tire model for prediction of tire-road interactionsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAutomotive Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Applied Science (MASc)

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