TROWS: Tyre and road wear and slip assessment

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 99.0716
• Titre du projet anglais: TROWS: Tyre and road wear and slip assessment

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Pavements; tyres; wear;
Environmental Protection; Safety; Transport

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: GRD1-1999-10071

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.3 Land transport and marine technologies

Description succincte (Anglais)

See abstract

Partenaires et organisations internationales (Anglais)

Coordinator: TNO (NL)

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

TROWS gains insight into tyre and road wear process in order to reduce both tyre and road wear. Tyre wear reduction leads to less emission of rubber, less worn tyres disposal and less energy for tyre production as well as less vehicle maintenance costs. By road wear reduction road maintenance is reduced. The created models and test procedures allow a more effective design process for tyres and vehicle suspensions and will lead to improved design rules for both tyres and road surfaces. The work plan uses an integrated experimental and numerical approach. Through well-conditioned Carousel tests, road surface wear and truck tyre wear for pure cornering conditions is assessed. By driving several vehicles on representative roads a realistic tyre wear assessment is achieved. By combining experimental results with vehicle usage data, stochastic road description, contact patch model and tyre structural model an effective modelling environments is realised.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 99.0716