Tire Modeling and its Application in Tire and Vehicle Development Short Course

Join us for this course to expand your expertise in tire technology and engage with professionals at the forefront of tire modeling and simulation. Don't miss this opportunity to stay up to date with the latest advancements in the industry.

By participating in this course, you will:

  • Gain a comprehensive overview of tire modeling and simulation, covering essential building blocks and methodologies.
  • Learn about tire testing, finite element modeling and the fundamentals of tire design.
  • Benefit from real-world insights from industry experts at OEMs and other leading organizations.
  • Explore the role of driving simulators in tire design and their impact on real-time simulation.
  • Enhance your knowledge of terramechanics tire modeling.
  • Understand the use of CDTire/MF-Tire/FTire in practical applications.

March 18, 19 & 20, 2024

The three-day course will be held at Tire Technology Expo 2024 in Hannover, Germany - in the Sao Paolo room.


Presenters include:

Mohammad Behroozi, General Motors
Flavio Farroni and Andrea Sammartino, MegaRide
Axel Gallrein, Fraunhofer ITWM
Mathieu Grob & Julien Levray, JEDAi
Carlo Lugaro & Alex O’Neill, Siemens
George Mavros, Loughborough University
Henning Olsson, Calspan Corporation
Jan Prins, Land Rover
Joachim Stallmann, cosin scientific software


THE COURSE:

The course covers the computer modeling of tires within a full vehicle system and is aimed at engineers and researchers working in industry or academia. The subject matter will be of primary interest to vehicle dynamics engineers, for whom the tire is the primary force and moment generation element on the vehicle. The course is also useful for engineering managers who wish to understand existing tire modeling activity and its challenges, or to successfully implement new tire simulation processes in the workplace.

The course starts with an overview of tire force and moment characteristics and relates these to the physics of the tire-road interaction. Fundamental modeling approaches are discussed in such a way that participants can understand the concepts behind commercially available tire simulation packages or even attempt their own custom solutions. Empirical, data-based tire models and the associated laboratory and field testing of tires for model fitting have a special place in tire force simulation and are also addressed in detail. Finally, several state-of-the-art commercially available tire simulation models are presented, covering families of empirical and physical models.

*COURSE FEE: €1,575 plus German VAT

Accredited by:

IOM Approved

Course summary

Agenda DAY 1 (March 18, 2024, 09:00-17:00)
MODERATOR: Mohammad Behroozi
Course 1.1 – Overview and introduction Mohammad Behroozi
Course 1.2 – Tire testing Henning Olsson
Course 1.3 – Physical tire modeling – the building blocks George Mavros
Course 1.4 – Tire modeling methodology based on the Magic Formula Carlo Lugaro, Alex O’Neill
Agenda DAY 2 (March 19, 2024, 09:00-17:00)
MODERATOR: George Mavros
Course 2.1 – Finite element modeling of tires | part 1 Mohammad Behroozi
Course 2.2 – Finite element modeling of tires | part 2 Mohammad Behroozi
Course 2.3 – CDTire fundamentals Axel Gallrein
Course 2.4 – Tire modeling at Jaguar Land Rover Jan Prins
Agenda DAY 3 (March 20, 2024, 09:00-17:00)
MODERATOR: Mohammad Behroozi
Course 3.1 – The role of driving simulators in tire design Mathieu Grob & Julien Levray
Course 3.2 – Physical tire modeling for real-time simulation Flavio Farroni, Andrea Sammartino
Course 3.3 – Terramechanics tire modeling George Mavros
Course 3.4 – FTire introduction Joachim Stallmann

Program Schedule

Agenda DAY 1 (March 18, 2024)


MODERATOR: Mohammad Behroozi

09:00

Overview and Introduction
Mohammad Behroozi
General Motors

  • Introduction to tire modeling
  • Simulation tools
  • Tire forces and moments

10:30 – Break


10:50

Tire testing
Henning Olsson
Calspan Corporation

  • How to measure tire performance
  • Overview of tire test equipment and test methods
  • Strengths and weaknesses of common measurement approaches
  • Automotive versus motorsport tire testing
  • From indoor lab testing to the real road

12:30 – Lunch


13:30

Physical tire modeling – the building blocks
George Mavros
Loughborough University

  • The Bush tire model
  • A simple model for transient tire behavior
  • Friction thermal tire modeling

15:00 – Break


15:20

Tire modeling methodology based on the Magic Formula
Carlo Lugaro
Alex O’Neill
Siemens

  • History of the Magic Formula: 35 years of evolution
  • MF-Tyre/MF-Swift: MF-based modular tire model
  • MF-Tool: tire model parameterization
  • Tire data acquisition methodologies

17:00 – Finish


Agenda DAY 2 (March 19, 2024)


MODERATOR: George Mavros

09:00

Finite element modeling of tires
Mohammad Behroozi
General Motors

  • FE modeling philosophy
  • Fundamental understanding of tire mechanical structure
  • Material testing and modeling

10:30 – Break


10:50

Finite element modeling of tires
Mohammad Behroozi
General Motors

  • Practical development of tire FE model
  • Simulation of static and dynamic tire performance characteristics
  • Virtual tire development process using FE modeling techniques

12:30 – Lunch


13:30

CDTire introduction
Axel Gallrein
Fraunhofer ITWM

  • Closing the gap to structural analysis
  • Multiphysics aspects of tire modeling

15:00 – Break


15:20

Tire modeling at Jaguar Land Rover
Jan Prins
Jaguar Land Rover

  • Vehicle development and CAE
  • Testing of tires for the purpose of modeling
  • Challenges and vision

17:00 – Finish


Agenda DAY 3 (March 20, 2024)


MODERATOR: Mohammad Behroozi

09:00

The role of driving simulators in tire design
Mathieu Grob & Julien Levray
JEDAi

  • One tire, but not alone: the tire as part of the ground/vehicle/driver system
  • The ‘Virtuality’: how to combine virtual and real methods
  • Digital Twins methodology
  • Tire modeling philosophy: the right model for the right applications
  • The driving simulator as the virtual development hub for tire design
  • Examples and illustrations from the industry

10:30 – Break


10:50

Physical tire modeling for real-time simulation
Flavio Farroni
Andrea Sammartino
MegaRide

  • T.R.I.C.K.: getting experimental tire interaction curves from vehicle data
  • RIDElab: managing multiphysics in tire analysis and modeling
  • thermoRIDE: a real-time physical tire thermal model
  • weaRIDE: from road and rubber knowledge to wear and degradation
  • adheRIDE: an MF-evo formulation accounting for temperature, roughness, viscoelasticity and wear
  • VESevo: a device for non-destructive tread viscoelastic characterization

12:30 – Lunch


13:30

Terramechanics tire modeling
George Mavros
Loughborough University

  • The physics of tire-soil interaction
  • FE and analytical modeling
  • Testing
  • Full vehicle implementation

15:00 – Break


15:20

FTire Introduction
Joachim Stallmann
cosin scientific software

  • FTire – the physical 3D non-linear tire simulation model
  • Outline of model formulation
  • Interfaces, tools and results
  • Extended handling
  • Thermal and wear model
  • Flex-rim model
  • Hard real-time applications

17:00 – Finish