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Vol.27 No.7

2010

July

2010

ENGINEERING

MECHANICS

237

1000-4750(2010)07-0237-07

( 230027)

205/55R16

ABAQUS/Standard

ABAQUS/explicit
ABS()

TQ336.1; TB124

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR SLIDING ABRASION OF TREAD

BLOCKS OF RADIAL TIRE
HE Tao , *LI Zi-ran , WANG Yang
(Department of Modern Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials,
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China)

The global finite element model of 205/55R16 radial tire with simple longitudinal and lateral tread

Abstract:

patterns is constructed. The free rolling and braking processes are simulated using ABAQUS/Standard
commercial code. The distribution of stick and slip areas of contact surface under free rolling and braking
conditions is investigated. The numerical results indicate that large contact deformations could occur at the front
part of tread blocks along the sliding direction. To obtain more accurate stress field and deformation
characteristics, a refined meshed finite element model of local tread block is set up. The boundary conditions of
local model are derived from the results of global model. Sliding behavior of the tread block is analyzed using
ABAQUS/Explicit incorporating thermo-mechanical coupling. Large contact deformations including curling and
self contact are presented. In the end, an abrasion process of tread block during the course of ABS (antilock brake
system) braking is simulated and the irregular abrasion character along the circumference of tire is presented.
Key words:

radial tire; tread block; slip; abrasion; finite element analysis

2009-01-162009-04-02

(1983)(E-mail: pasnew@mail.ustc.edu.cn)

*(1975)(E-mail: lzr@mail.ustc.edu.cn)
(1968)(E-mail: yangwang@ustc.edu.cn).

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[1]

[2]

[34]

[5]

[6]

Hofstetter K

Cho J C[7]

1
Fig.1 Modeling of tire considering simple longitudinal and
lateral tread patterns

Yeoh

[9

C3D8H

rebar

10]

[6]

1/10[9] 79751

111380

0.9

ABS

1
1.1

[8]

2
Fig.2 Total finite element model

1.2

[11

12]

[13]

239

4 5

4 5

[11]

[8]

w A

w > w A w < w A
()
wFT wFB
80km/hwFT w A wFB 83.0rad/s
72.4rad/s
62.0rad/s() 3

wFB

wFT
wA

()

( g&crit =228mm/s)

Fig.4

Distribution of stick and slip areas of contact surface

under free rolling condition

3 ()
Fig.3 Braking (driving) force under different rolling
velocities

g&crit w R
2Ff

[14]

g&crit = 2 F f w R

(1)

F f 0.01 g&crit

(a) 71.0rad/s ( g&crit =224mm/s)

g&crit
g&crit

(b) 69.0rad/s ( g&crit =217mm/s)

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p
A

(c) 62.0rad/s ( g&crit =195mm/s)

Fig.5

5
Distribution of stick and slip areas of contact surface
under braking condition

( 6
)

p A

tA

tA

Fig.6

p A

6
Boundary conditions of local tread block from global
tire model

v
6
5(c) B

5(c) A 6

(2)
p A = p A
p A
A

(2)
0.36N/mm2
A v
0.46m/s
v

t A = t A
(3)

( 5(c)
A )

3
3.1

(4)[6]

m ( p, vref ) =

(
5(c)) B

a p n -1 + b
b
c
a+
+
1/ m
|| vequ ||
|| vequ ||2/ m

(4)

WLF
[15]

vequ = aT vref
log10 aT =

(5)

d1 (T - Tref )
d 2 + (T - Tref )

(6)

p vref -

241

vequ T Tref

aT d1 d 2 a b

a b c m n
[6] T

CPE4RT 906
1147 20
33
20 Dt 0.36s
A

qrub = (t v ) f
f p

(7)

f = a1 p a2
(8)
[6]
a1 a2

[16]

7
Fig.7 2D plane strain tread block model

[16]

k | tan q | p 2
hs = 1.55

s
E | tan q |

0.94

(9)

k E
tan q s

ABAQUS/explicit
/

hs = cp 0.94

(10)

c [6]
3.2

[1]

[17
8
p v
()
-
-

(11)

-
-
-
-
-

8
Fig.8 Explicit FEM procedure

[6]

VFRIC()

ABAQUS/explicit

b0 b1
3.3

Vfric

V& W& fric [1]

b1
V& = b0W& fric

18]

9 9

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4 ABS

ABS()
Fig.9

Distribution of normal stress S22

ABS

[5]

[13]

10

ABS ---

11

ABS

ABS

5 10

p/(N/mm2)

12

10
Fig.10 Distribution of contact press

1
6
11

0.30

/(N/mm )

0.35

T/()

0.25

11

P MAX 4.17
4.17
P
max
6

0.20

6MAX

3.70

0.15

11
P
3.70
Pmax
2.17
MAX

0.10

Pmax 2.17

11

0.05
0.00
-10

Fig.11

11
Distribution of contact temperature

Fig.12

/mm

10

12
Distribution of contact temperature after different
recurrences

ABAQUS/

2
4
6
8
10

0.016
0.014

explicit

0.012

/mm

0.010
0.008
0.006
0.004
0.002

0.000
-10

-5

10

/mm

N N

-5

Fig.13

13
Distribution of abrasion depth of bottom surface of
tread block after different recurrences

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13 2

14 5

ABS

15

10

/mg

14
Fig.14 Abrasion profile of side edge of tread block after
different recurrences

Fig.15

15
Abrasion masses of tread block under different
recurrences

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