This course covered the computer modelling of tires within a full vehicle system and was aimed at engineers and researchers working in both industry and academia. The subject matter was primarily designed to meet the interests of vehicle dynamics engineers, for whom the tire is the primary force and moment generation element on the vehicle. The course was also useful to engineering managers who wish to understand existing tire modelling activity and its challenges, or to successfully implement new tire simulation processes in the workplace.
The course started with an overview of tire force and moment characteristics and relates these to the physics of the tire-road interaction. Fundamental modelling approaches were also discussed in such a way that participants were able to understand the concepts behind commercially available tyre simulation packages or even attempt their own custom solution. Empirical, data-based tire models and the associated laboratory and field testing of tires for model fitting have a special place in tire force simulation and were also addressed in detail. Finally, several state-of-the-art commercially available tire simulation models were presented, covering both families of empirical and physical models.
Presenters included:
Mohammad Behroozi, General Motors • Flavio Farroni, Andrea Sammartino, MegaRide • Axel Gallrein, Fraunhofer ITWM • Mathieu Grob, Julien Levray, JEDAi • Carlo Lugaro, Willem Versteden, Siemens • George Mavros, Loughborough University • Henning Olsson, Calspan Corporation • Jan Prins, Land Rover • Joachim Stallmann, cosin scientific software.
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