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Automotive Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 551-564.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2025.03.017

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Research on Tire Carcass Deformation Based on Finite Element Model

Wenhao Yang1,Dang Lu1(),Lei Lu2,Hengfeng Yin1,Xiaofan Wang1   

  1. 1.Jilin University,National Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics,Changchun 130012
    2.China FAW Group Co. ,Ltd. ,Changchun 130013
  • Received:2024-06-02 Revised:2024-07-15 Online:2025-03-25 Published:2025-03-21
  • Contact: Dang Lu E-mail:ludang@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The accurate acquisition of tire body deformation has a crucial influence on the simulation accuracy of theoretical model, so the deformation rules and expression accuracy of different cord are studied by beam body model and finite element model. Firstly, a detailed theoretical model considering the flexible deformation characteristics of the beam carcass is established, and the expressions of tire cornering stiffness and driving/braking stiffness are obtained. Secondly, the tire finite element model is established, and the tire rubber and cord material parameters are accurately obtained to complete the comparison between the simulation results and the test data. On this basis, the finite element model of smooth tire with isotropic tread stiffness distribution is established, and the lateral stiffness, torsional stiffness and steady-state glide stiffness are simulated to obtain the lateral deformation of the tire under the action of lateral force and aligning moment, and the superposition principle of lateral deformation of different cord lines is verified. Then, the lateral deformation of different cord lines is fitted according to the established beam matrix model. Finally, the tread stiffness obtained by different cord lines is compared and verified by combining the flexural stiffness and slip stiffness models. The results show that the principle of deformation superposition is satisfied for different tire cord. The beam matrix model has a better expression precision for the lateral deformation of cord. The bending stiffness of cord shows a nonlinear decreasing trend with the increase of load, and the difference is small under large load. The calculation accuracy of tread stiffness obtained by different cord positions is different. The calculation accuracy of crown cord is the lowest at 93.6%, and the calculation accuracy of body 2 cord is the highest at 97.3%. The research position of the beam body model in the theoretical model is clarified in the study, improving the simulation accuracy of the theoretical model, and providing the reference for the study of tire dynamics.

Key words: tire dynamics, finite element model, beam carcass model, lateral deformation of carcass, tread distribution stiffness