Survey on Road-Tyre Contact Patch Pattern and Wear Related Aspects

Adinife Patrick Azodo

doi:10.1515/scjme-2017-0013

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Survey on Road-Tyre Contact Patch Pattern and Wear Related Aspects

Strojnícky časopis - Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volume 67 (2017): Issue 2 (November 2017)

By: Adinife Patrick Azodo

Open Access

|Nov 2017

Abstract

Motor vehicle end-users approaches to tyre safety issues in automobiles translate to a number of tyre failure risk factors. This study basically assessed tread wear pattern of tyres in passenger cars used on Nigeria roads. The result obtained showed that 75.4% of the assessed tyres showed uneven wear pattern resulting from incorrect tyre-road contact effects. This observed high proportion of uneven tyre tread wear pattern implies high rate of inconsequential regard for tyre safety.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scjme-2017-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2450-5471 | Journal ISSN: 0039-2472

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Language: English

Page range: 5 - 12

Published on: Nov 18, 2017

Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

safety,

tyre,

road,

wear,

tread,

vehicle

Related subjects:

Engineering,

Mechanical engineering,

Fundamentals of mechanical engineering,

Mechanics

© 2017 Adinife Patrick Azodo, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
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Volume 67 (2017): Issue 2 (November 2017)