Aircraft Tire/Pavement Pressure Distribution

Abstract

This report presents tire/pavement pressure distributions calculated for seven different aircraft tires. The tires are main gear equipment on a variety of Air Force aircraft. The calculations were made with a finite element tire model developed previously at Texas A&M university, using tire data supplied by the Air Force and tire manufacturers. The pavement pressure distribution obtained for each tire is unique. The distributions exhibit considerate nonuniformity and are sensitive to tire inflation pressure and tire load.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA279100

Entities

People

  • John T. Tielking

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Tires
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • High Pressure
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Pavements
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tires
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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