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| Smarter Tyres Using Advanced Sensors for Improved Safety |
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Context In DRIBYT the feasibility of using tyre forces as inputs to a system for controlling the dynamic behaviour of a vehicle is being investigated. If this is successful, novel sensors will be required to measure these forces with sufficient accuracy and in a difficult environment Aims To develop and apply advanced sensor technologies to tyres to enable forces at the contact patch to be monitored accurately. To establish a more precise description of tyre behaviour than can be obtained from conventional sensor systems and facilitate the prediction and prevention of the onset of sliding and hydroplaning. Method Use finite element analysis model tyre behaviour at the microscopic level to aid understanding of the influence of tyre deformation on the response of sensors embedded in the tyre. Determine the optimum location for the sensors, the effect of variations in the tyre properties on the measured variables and the transfer function between the tyre/road contact patch and the sensor output. Benefits Participants Land Rover Avonwood Developments Ltd Ove Arup & Partners DERA University of Warwick |
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