Carlo Lugaro

research engineer

Carlo Lugaro is a research engineer at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Lugaro and his team at Siemens develop the theories and models that are implemented in the Simcenter Tire product. He also actively participates in research projects focused on tire and vehicle dynamics. Over his career, he has been involved in the development of control systems for vehicle stability as well as for autonomous driving. Lugaro received his MSc in mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy.

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Presentation

Indoor testing of tires in wet conditions: a comparison study

Indoor tire testing facility developments offer the opportunity to accurately measure the tire response in wet conditions in the laboratory. Tire specifications of different sizes and constructions have been recently tested under comparable conditions. The results of these tests are analyzed, making use of both physical and semi-empirical models. Moreover, the measurements are used to identify the parameters of the recently developed wet module extension of the MF-Tyre/MF-Swift model. This model is applied in vehicle dynamic simulations to study the effect of wet road tire behavior on vehicle dynamic performance.