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Tyre characteristics and modelling 263<br />

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F z<br />

F O<br />

Rx<br />

R l<br />

M y = F z x<br />

F Rx<br />

Rear P Front<br />

{X SAE } 1<br />

x<br />

F z<br />

Fig. 5.17 Generation of rolling resistance in a free rolling tyre<br />

patch it will be loaded until it reaches the midpoint of the contact patch and<br />

unloaded as it moves to the rear of the contact patch. This and the additional<br />

losses due to hysteresis in the side walls lead to a pressure distribution<br />

that is not symmetrical as shown for the stationary tyre in Figure 5.11<br />

and has a greater pressure distribution in the front half of the contact patch<br />

as shown in Figure 5.17.<br />

The pressure distribution implies that the resultant tyre load F z acts through<br />

the centre of pressure a distance x forward of the wheel centre. For equilibrium<br />

a couple exists that must oppose the tyre load and its reaction acting<br />

down through the wheel centre. The couple that reacts the wheel load<br />

couple results from the rolling resistance force F Rx acting longitudinally in<br />

the negative X SAE axis and reacted at the wheel centre where<br />

Fz<br />

x<br />

FRx<br />

(5.17)<br />

R<br />

l<br />

The rolling resistance may also be referenced by a rolling resistance coefficient,<br />

this being the rolling resistance force F Rx divided by the tyre load<br />

F z . By definition therefore the rolling resistance moment, M y , is F z x and<br />

the rolling resistance moment coefficient is x. Rigorous adherence to the<br />

sign convention associated with the tyre reference frame is essential when<br />

implementing these formulations in a tyre model. In Figure 5.17, to assist<br />

understanding, F z is represented as the vertical force acting on the tyre<br />

rather than the negative normal force computed in the Z SAE direction.<br />

The rolling resistance force is very small in comparison with other forces<br />

acting at the contact patch, a rolling resistance coefficient of the order 0.01<br />

being typical for a car tyre. This and the fact that the rolling resistance force

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