Passenger Car Tires & Wheels - Developments, Manufacturing, Applications
Starting from the beginning, this book explains the development process of all parts related to the topics tire, wheel and tire pressure monitoring system. This is continued by the modern project management methods in the development process of the parts and the necessary tests to build up this safety relevant components. Modern methods for simulations are described.
Describes in a unique way the tire and wheel development process between supplier and OEM
Gives explanations and describes the background to make a decision between different approaches, e.g. TPMS or mobility concepts, for engineers working in the car industry
Provides background information from the insight of an OEM
Table of Contents
1 TIRES
1.1 Tire Manufacturing
1.1.1 Mixing
1.1.2 Inner Liner
1.1.3 Carcass
1.1.4 Bead Cable and Apex
1.1.5 Belt
1.1.6 Tread
1.1.7 Assembly
1.1.8 Vulcanization
1.1.9 Quality Check
1.2 Tire Development Process
1.2.1 Geometry and Load Capacity
1.2.2 Tire Requirements Book.
1.3 Project Management
1.3.1 Costs
1.3.2 Weight
1.3.3 Schedules
1.3.4 Tire Database and Documentation
1.4 Mobility Strategy
1.4.1 Full-Fledged Spare Tires
1.4.2 Emergency Minispare and Folding Tires
1.4.3 Tirefit and Self-sealing Tires
1.4.4 Series-Manufactured Special Tires, Special Rims,and Supporting Elements
1.4.5 Run-Flat Tires
1.5 Testing and Validation
1.5.1 Indoor Objective Testing
1.5.2 Outdoor Objective Testing
1.5.3 Outdoor Subjective Testing
1.6 Tire Characteristics
1.6.1 Driving and Steering Characteristics: Forces and Torques
1.6.2 Driving Comfort—Noise and Vibrations
1.7 Tire Models and Simulation
1.7.1 Tire Models for Tire Development
1.7.2 Tire Models for Vehicle
2 WHEELS
2.1 Wheel Terminology
2.2 Steel Wheels
2.2.1 Steel Wheel Concepts
2.2.2 Steel Wheel Design
2.2.3 Choice of Material
2.2.4 Steel Wheel Manufacturing Process
2.3 Light Metal Wheels
2.3.1 Light Metal Sheet Wheels
2.3.2 Light Metal Cast Wheels
2.3.3 Light Metal Forged Wheels
2.4 Synthetic and Carbon Wheels
2.5 Wheel Development
2.5.1 Design Drafts
2.5.2 Choice of Surface Treatment
2.5.3 3D Volume Modelling
2.5.4 Verification, Operational Stability, and Release
2.5.5 Large-Scale Series Production
2.6 Quality Assurance
2.6.1 X-ray, Computed Tomography, and Metallography
2.6.2 Radial and Axial True-Run
2.6.3 Balance
2.7 Lightweight Engineering Techniques
2.8 Aerodynamics
2.9 Wheel Trim
2.10 Wheel Bolt and Wheel Assembly
3 TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS
3.1 Indirect Systems
3.2 Indirect Systems with Diffusion Detection
3.3 Direct Systems
4 Wheel Assembly
4.1 Valve Assembly
4.2 Wheel Uniformity
4.3 Wheel Mounting
4.4 Matching
4.5 Filling and Tire Inflation Pressure
4.6 Bead Seat Optimization
4.7 Tire Uniformity
4.8 Balancing Process
4.9 Quality Assurance
Outlook
References
Index