Sharma, ShikarBerman, RobertKuduntwane, Poloko2015-06-082015-06-082015-04Sharma, S., Berman, R. & Kuduntwane, P. (2015), Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig, 4th International Tyre Colloquium, AVSD, University of Surrey, ISBN 978-1-84469-031-2, April 20, 2015.978-1-84469-032-9http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7994To support the South African National Defence Force with their vehicle mobility needs, the CSIR has begun characterising tyres by using a medium, trailer-type, tyre test rig. Two different Pacejka tyre models were generated using two independent methods and it was necessary to validate the tyre models against physical tests. The computational simulations gave partial credit to the tyre models. However, the dynamic lane change results were in poor agreement with the simulations, although the two Pacejka models were in good agreement with each other. The disagreement questioned the traditional tyre characterisation method. It was also necessary to determine how the Pacejka tyre models compared to the physical tyre in the vertical direction, by conducting Belgian paving runs. The one model performed better than the other, although these models are not suited for high frequency vertical dynamics.enTyre TestingTyre ModelsTrailer-type tyre test rigPacejka tyre modelsArticleSharma, S., Berman, R., & Kuduntwane, P. (2015). Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7994Sharma, Shikar, Robert Berman, and Poloko Kuduntwane "Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7994Sharma S, Berman R, Kuduntwane P. Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7994.TY - Article AU - Sharma, Shikar AU - Berman, Robert AU - Kuduntwane, Poloko AB - To support the South African National Defence Force with their vehicle mobility needs, the CSIR has begun characterising tyres by using a medium, trailer-type, tyre test rig. Two different Pacejka tyre models were generated using two independent methods and it was necessary to validate the tyre models against physical tests. The computational simulations gave partial credit to the tyre models. However, the dynamic lane change results were in poor agreement with the simulations, although the two Pacejka models were in good agreement with each other. The disagreement questioned the traditional tyre characterisation method. It was also necessary to determine how the Pacejka tyre models compared to the physical tyre in the vertical direction, by conducting Belgian paving runs. The one model performed better than the other, although these models are not suited for high frequency vertical dynamics. DA - 2015-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Tyre Testing KW - Tyre Models KW - Trailer-type tyre test rig KW - Pacejka tyre models LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 978-1-84469-032-9 T1 - Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig TI - Computational Analysis of a South African Mobile Trailer-Type Medium Sized Tyre Test Rig UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7994 ER -