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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2009
Kenji Ueda, Kobe, JP;
Masaki Shiraishi, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Ueda, Kobe, JP;
Masaki Shiraishi, Kobe, JP;
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
A method of simulating a tire rolling on a road at a certain speed by using a computer apparatuscomprises the steps of: modeling a flexible tire modelfor numerical calculation by using finite elements having at least one elastic element (step S), changing at least one elastic element of the flexible tire modelto rigid elements so as to make a rigid tire model(step S), accelerating the rigid tire model(step S), returning the elasticity of each element of the rigid tire modelinto the original elasticity when the speed of the rigid tire modelhas reached the certain speed (step S), and obtaining at least one physical parameter related to the flexible tire model(step S).