Design of a Scaled Off-Vehicle Wheel Testing Device for Textile Tread Wear 2009-01-0562
This paper describes the development of test equipment for determining the wear viability of various lunar wheel tread materials with service lives of up to ten years and 10,000 km. The problem is defined, and concepts are proposed, evaluated, and selected. An abrasive turntable is chosen for simplicity and accuracy of modeling the original wheel configuration. Additionally, the limitations of the test are identified, such as the sensitivity to off-vertical loading, and future work is projected in order to more effectively continue testing. Finally, this paper presents the challenges of collaborative research effort between an undergraduate research team and industry, with government lab representatives as customers
Citation: Orr, M., Stowe, D., Thoe, S., Northup, K. et al., "Design of a Scaled Off-Vehicle Wheel Testing Device for Textile Tread Wear," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-0562, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0562. Download Citation
Author(s):
Marisa Orr, David Stowe, Samantha Thoe, Kathryn Northup, Matthew Torok, Annie O’Dell, Joshua D. Summers, Vincent Blouin, Paul Joseph
Affiliated:
Clemson University
Pages: 6
Event:
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Reliability and Robust Design in Automotive Engineering, 2009-SP-2232
Related Topics:
Test equipment and instrumentation
Wear
Wheels
Research and development
Textiles
Simulation and modeling
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