Michele D'Inverno

vehicle application and integration engineer

Michele D'Inverno is a vehicle application and integration engineer at MegaRide, a spin-off company of the University of Naples, developing physical models for vehicle dynamics and tire/road interactions. Working side by side with the partners, he is mainly involved in R&D activities focusing on tire testing, both indoor and outdoor, often adopting innovative methodology to enhance the knowledge and characterization of tire thermodynamics, with the aim of creating a more reliable and robust tire digital model.

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Presentation

Truck tire thermal analysis for performance optimization and predictive modeling

In the tire industry, the importance of the thermal behavior of a tire and its impact on key performance metrics such as durability, dynamic behavior and rolling resistance is well known. To evaluate temperature at crucial points of the tire, experimental activities were conducted using an innovative indoor methodology with embedded vulcanized sensors. The collected data, besides the thermal performance evaluation of different tread compounds, supported the validation of a thermal prediction model for truck tire temperatures in rolling conditions, developed in collaboration with Megaride.