Mechanical Properties of Pneumatic Tires with Special Reference to Modern Aircraft Tires

Mechanical Properties of Pneumatic Tires with Special Reference to Modern Aircraft Tires
Author: Robert F. Smiley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1958
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN:

A study is presented of pneumatic tires which are of interest to aircraft designers. The principal topics discussed are tire vertical-force-deflection characteristics; lateral, fore-and-aft, and torsional spring constants; footprint-area properties; relaxation lengths; rolling radius; cornering force, cornering power, self-alining torque, and pneumatic caster for yawed rolling conditions; effects of wheel tilt; and tire radial growth under the influence of centrifugal forces.

Aircraft Tires

Aircraft Tires
Author: Kyle Schmidt
Publisher: SAE International
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2022-05-27
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1468604635

Landing gear provides an intriguing and compelling challenge, combining many fields of science and engineering. Designed to guide the interested reader through aircraft tire design, selection, and integration to the aircraft landing gear, this book presents a specific element of landing gear design in an accessible way. The author’s two volume treatise, The Design of Aircraft Landing, was the inspiration for this book. The Design of Aircraft Landing is a landmark work for the industry and utilizes over 1,000 pages to present a complete, in-depth study of each component that must considered when designing an aircraft’s landing gear. While recognizing that not everyone may need the entire treatise, Aircraft Tires: Key Principles for Landing Gear Design is one of three quick reference guides focusing on one key element of aircraft design and landing gear design. This volume features tire construction and terminology, mechanics of pneumatic tires, tire performance and modeling as well reviewing undesirable tire behavior. R. Kyle Schmidt has over 25 years’ experience across three countries and has held a variety of variety of engineering roles relating to the development of new landing gears and the sustainment of existing landing gears in service.

Static Mechanical Properties of 30 X 11.5 - 14.5, Type 8 Aircraft Tires of Bias-Ply and Radial-Belted Design

Static Mechanical Properties of 30 X 11.5 - 14.5, Type 8 Aircraft Tires of Bias-Ply and Radial-Belted Design
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-07-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722800178

An investigation was conducted to determine the static mechanical properties of a 30 x 11.5 to 14.5, Type 8, bias-ply and radial-belted aircraft tire. The properties measured were the spring rate and damping characteristics of each tire from vertical- and lateral-loading hysteresis loops. Mass moment of inertia tests were also conducted. The results of the study are presented along with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each type of tire. Davis, Pamela A. and Lopez, Mercedes C. Langley Research Center RTOP 505-63-41-02...

Yawed-Rolling Tire Mechanical Properties Testing of the Navy T-45 Aircraft Tires

Yawed-Rolling Tire Mechanical Properties Testing of the Navy T-45 Aircraft Tires
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2018-06-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781721933747

The T-45 Goshawk is a United States Navy Jet aircraft used primarily as a trainer. The aircraft design makes use of "off the shelf" hardware as much as possible and was found to have unusual directional control issues during around operations. The aircraft was involved in numerous pilot-induced-oscillation incidents as well as observed to have unusual directional control reactions to failed main gear tires, a condition that is normally handled relatively easily by conventional aircraft steering control techniques. The behavior of the aircraft's tires had previously been modeled in simulators as a result of approximations provided in 40-year-old reference publications. Since knowledge of the true tire cornering and braking behavior is essential to modeling, understanding, and fixing directional control problems, the United States Navy requested assistance from the NASA Langley Research Center's (LARC) Aircraft Landing Dynamics Facility (ALDF) to define the yawed-rolling mechanical properties of the T-45 aircraft tires. The purpose of this report is to document the results of testing the subject tires at the NASA LaRC ALDF in September 1998. Brief descriptions of the Instrumented Tire Test Vehicle (ITTV) are included to familiarize the reader with the ITTV capabilities, data acquisition system, test and measurement techniques, data accuracy, and analysis and presentation of the testing results. Daugherty, Robert H. Langley Research Center RTOP 706-11-02