TY - GEN
T1 - Development of accurate pneumatic tyre finite element models based on an optimization procedure
AU - Bekakos, Chrysostomos Alexandros
AU - Papazafeiropoulos, George
AU - O'Boy, Dan J.
AU - Prins, Jan
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A novel method for extracting the geometric and constitutive material properties of pneumatic tyres from available numerical or experimental data for the development of realistic and reliable tyre numerical models is proposed. This method involves an optimization procedure, which incorporates a finite element model as a solver (ABAQUS) properly coupled with an optimiser function (MATLAB). Following that, an initial tyre model (P235/75R17) is developed, and then its properties are suitably adjusted via the optimization process, in order for the former to best fit a target model available in the literature, with respect to eigenfre-quency analysis results. After the termination of the algorithm, the "optimum" tyre model (i.e. the model which best conforms to the target model) is obtained, the response of which is further investigated to ensure its realistic behaviour, which warrants its use for various numerical simulations. The results of this study show clearly the efficiency of the optimization procedure proposed, as well as the realistic response of the tyre model developed.
AB - A novel method for extracting the geometric and constitutive material properties of pneumatic tyres from available numerical or experimental data for the development of realistic and reliable tyre numerical models is proposed. This method involves an optimization procedure, which incorporates a finite element model as a solver (ABAQUS) properly coupled with an optimiser function (MATLAB). Following that, an initial tyre model (P235/75R17) is developed, and then its properties are suitably adjusted via the optimization process, in order for the former to best fit a target model available in the literature, with respect to eigenfre-quency analysis results. After the termination of the algorithm, the "optimum" tyre model (i.e. the model which best conforms to the target model) is obtained, the response of which is further investigated to ensure its realistic behaviour, which warrants its use for various numerical simulations. The results of this study show clearly the efficiency of the optimization procedure proposed, as well as the realistic response of the tyre model developed.
KW - ABAQUS-MATLAB linking
KW - Eigenfrequency analysis
KW - Optimization
KW - Tyre finite element method
KW - Tyre model calibration
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84995403782
U2 - 10.7712/100016.2411.5279
DO - 10.7712/100016.2411.5279
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84995403782
T3 - ECCOMAS Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
SP - 8262
EP - 8274
BT - ECCOMAS Congress 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
A2 - Papadrakakis, M.
A2 - Plevris, V.
A2 - Stefanou, G.
A2 - Papadopoulos, V.
PB - National Technical University of Athens
T2 - 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS Congress 2016
Y2 - 5 June 2016 through 10 June 2016
ER -