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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Masaki Shiraishi, Kobe, JP;
Naoaki Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A simulating method for vehicle/tire performances which includes: a tire model preparing step (s ) of preparing a tire model of a tire including a ply made out of a finite number of elements; a vehicle body model preparing step (s ) of preparing a vehicle body model of a vehicle body including suspension members made out of a finite number of elements; a vehicle model preparing step (s ) of preparing a vehicle model by attaching the tire model to a suspension model of the suspension members in the vehicle body model; and a simulation step (s , s ) of virtually running the vehicle model by giving a boundary condition, and estimating vehicle's traveling properties and/or a tire property.