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- From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
- Subject: Need Formula For Tire Friction
- Message-ID: <h85mx6k.westes@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 23:02:13 GMT
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- I recently had a bad experience with a small "toy" spare tire
- on my Honda Prelude. After driving on it at 50 mph for only
- 10 miles it heated up almost to the point where it was
- smoking. This made me wonder if there would be some
- easy way to predict how hot a tire would get based on
- known variables.
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- What I would like is some formula that takes as its input
- the load on the tire, the diameter of the tire, and the
- width of the tread, and gives as its output some sort of
- "friction number" that could be used to determine whether
- the tire will get too hot or not. Does anyone know of
- such a formula? Are there other major input variables
- I'm missing here? Please courtesy copy your response to
- me by email.
-
- Thanks,
- Will Estes Internet: westes@netcom.com
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