Evaluation of the Tire Wear Possibility due to Non-Steerable Twin Tire Lift Axle on Heavy Commercial Vehicle 2019-26-0066
The commercial vehicle market in India is shifting to higher payload capacity vehicles due to a lower transportation cost per unit goods. To cater this requirement, the vehicle manufacturers are designing the heavy multi-axle commercial vehicles and with higher per axle loading capacity. One of such a vehicle design involves five-axle vehicle with non-steerable, twin tire, lift axle. Though using a twin tires have increased loading capacity of lift axle compared to a single tire self-steerable lift axle, it can cause tire scrub while vehicle is turning and leads to a significant tire wear. The tire wear possibility due to use of non-steerable lift axle is estimated through simulation using full vehicle model in ADAMS. The operating zone of the vehicle, where maximum tire wear can occur, is identified through simulation. Different alternatives to reduce tire wear for this scenario are also discussed.
Citation: Vichare, C., Gupta, A., Bandaru, G., and Palanivelu, S., "Evaluation of the Tire Wear Possibility due to Non-Steerable Twin Tire Lift Axle on Heavy Commercial Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 2019-26-0066, 2019, https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-26-0066. Download Citation
Author(s):
Chaitanya Ashok Vichare, Amit Gupta, Ganesh Bandaru, Sivakumar Palanivelu
Affiliated:
Tata Motors, Ltd.
Pages: 6
Event:
Symposium on International Automotive Technology 2019
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Commercial vehicles
Tires
Wear
Axles
Suppliers
Simulation and modeling
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