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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Ao Imamura, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); B60C 99/00 (2006.01); B60C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/5009 (2013.01); B60C 99/006 (2013.01); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); G06F 17/50 (2013.01); G06F 17/5095 (2013.01); G06F 17/5018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computerized simulation method for evaluating a tire performance is disclosed. Firstly, a simulation of a rolling tire is made by contacting a tire model with a road surface model, and chronological data about node points of the tire model which node points appear in the outer surface of the tire model during rotating are stored. Then, a domain of a fluid is defined, and a simulation of the fluid is made by the use of the chronological data, wherein a small gap is formed between the tire model and the road surface model, and the fluid domain is also defined in the gap.