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International Journal of Vehicle Performance

 

Special Issue on: "Recent Advancement in Tyre Modelling, Parameterisation and Validation"

Guest Editors:
Dr Emmanuel Bolarinwa, Coventry University, UK
Dr Mohammad Behroozi, General Motors, USA
Dr Mustafa Ali Arat, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Over the years, virtual prototyping of vehicles and critical vehicle sub-components such as tyres has increasingly been used to assist in reducing time to market by shortening the design cycle time, support developmental projects at different stages and meet stringent product performance requirements. In particular, validated virtual tyre models of various levels of complexities and fidelities have been used in designing new tyres and evaluating vehicle performance using simulation results.

Tyres are complex entities that also provide modelling and simulation challenges. Their composite structures are known to be different from traditional metallic structures, while their behaviour such as large deformation and rolling contact which present geometrical non-linearity and contact discontinuities poses complex numerical challenges. Predictive virtual tyre models have been routinely used mostly as a virtual test bench by tyre developers and researchers investigating the performance of different tyre build for normal operating conditions. Such tyre models are used to analyse various Tyre applications such as generating forces and moments, tyre profile and footprint studies, burst pressure investigation, stress/strain analysis, heat generation, temperature distribution, etc. Knowledge gained from such stand-alone tyre models would undoubtedly help in the development of simpler but accurate tyre models for vehicle behaviour evaluations.

This special issue features new discoveries and advances in the field of tyre development, tyre material characterisation, parameter identification, sensitivity study, FEA Tyre modelling and simulation of heavy truck tyres for model parameterisation used for road loads prediction. It brings together vehicle and tyre experts in academia and industry worldwide to explore current issues regarding tyre modelling, material characterisation required in computational vehicle behaviour evaluations, etc.

This issue provides a platform intended to foster emerging ideas regarding development of advanced tyre modelling strategy for tyre design and vehicle performance evaluation.

Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Tyre/Vehicle System: stability, crashworthiness evaluation
• Tyre Parameter Identification and Sensitivity Analysis
• Tyre Thermal Modeling and Challenges Ahead: from theory to application
• Heat Generation in Rolling Tyres: Tyre temperature distribution
• Tyre Test Development: Tyre testing
• Tyre Failure Criteria and Detection
• Tyre-Road Interaction : Tyre-ground friction and tread contact stress
• Tyre Performance Evaluation: dry/wet handling and traction, endurance, wear resistance, Tyre noise, rolling resistance, hydroplaning, weight reduction, and Tyre pattern optimization, etc.
• Tyre metrics development for ride, durability and handling etc.
• Subjective and objective evaluation of Tyre performance - conducting correlation study on their relationship

• Tyre Materials: material characterization, constitutive models, rubber, Tyre reinforcements etc.
• Smart Tyre Development for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Specialty Tyres: virtual development and testing
• Tyre for military, agricultural, racing, heavy truck, etc.

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written and if appropriate written permissions have been obtained from any copyright holders of the original paper).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process.

All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please read our Submitting articles page.

Important Dates

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 May, 2016