To be held on Monday 4 - Wednesday 6 March 2019.
€1,875 plus German VAT for the four-day course.
The 48th Tire Mechanics Short Course will be held concurrently with Tire Technology Expo 2019 in Hannover, Germany, on 4/5/6/7 March 2019.
This four-day educational and developmental course will provide engineers and scientists with an in-depth, intense study of the latest developments surrounding tire engineering. The course is designed for practising engineers, chemists and scientists who are concerned with tires and vehicles and who have an engineering or science background at the Bachelor of Science level. The basic and practical aspects of the mechanics of pneumatic tires will be introduced by internationally renowned experts in tire mechanics. Extensive, detailed course notes prepared by each instructor will be provided for all participants, along with a 700-page e-book, ‘The Pneumatic Tire’ edited by Professors Gent and Walter. Those who complete this course will receive a certificate from the University of Akron.
Dr Gerald Potts
GRP Consulting
Akron, OH, USA
Today’s pneumatic tire must serve four functions: (1) support a moving load; (2) generate steering forces; (3) generate driving and braking forces; (4) provide isolation from road irregularities. In examining the complex mechanism involved in satisfying the four requirements, participants will study the tire’s importance in determining overall vehicle performance; for no matter what level of complexity is designed into a vehicle, its only communication with the road is through its tires, which must be tough and strong, yet flexible.
Dr Joseph Walter
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Akron, Akron, OH. USA
Presenter: Mr Marc Borowczak
Research Center, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, OH. USA
The materials used in today’s pneumatic tires are designed to act in concert with construction features to provide optimum durability and balanced performance for the expected service conditions. The proper combination of compound formulations and structural reinforcements is crucial for successful tire operation. These materials and constructions must then be processed efficiently within the tire factory, beginning with mixing, continuing with extrusion, calendering and component assembly, and ending with vulcanisation prior to final inspection.
Dr Joseph Walter
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Akron, Akron, OH. USA
Presenter: Mr Marc Borowczak
Research Center, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, OH. USA
Dr Mahmoud Assaad
Global Tire Performance Prediction, Computational Mechanics
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron, OH, USA
The viscoelastic behaviour of the rubber compounds and reinforcing cords influences the stability of the tire footprint shape. Additional physical properties such as the strain dependency of the constituents and their thermal stability contribute to the contact pressure distribution. The resultant tire forces and moments transmitted to the vehicle are measured using tri-axial force pin transducers or pressure-sensitive mats. The interaction between the materials behaviour and the tire global response control the mechanics of tire abradability and wear characteristics. The following topics will be discussed:
Dr Joseph Padovan
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA
Presenter: Dr Ronald Kennedy, Center for Tire Research
The University of Akron and Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
This presentation will include past, present and possible future analytical-numerical models of the tire, a development of the tire behaviour and discussions of current numerical simulation techniques.
Dr Michael Trinko
Technical Center
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, Akron, OH, USA (retired)
The properties of the anisotropic cord rubber composite have primary control of the overall performance characteristics of pneumatic tires. In order to optimise a given tire performance, knowledge of the combined cord rubber composite material properties is necessary and will be covered in this part of the course.
Dr Benjamin T F Chung
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-3903 USA
Tel: +1 330 972 7739
Fax: +1 330 972 2011
bchung@uakron.edu
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