Forces and stresses at tires area contact with road pavements for cars and light trucks

This paper describes methods and results of experimental investigations of forces and stresses at the tire contact area. A dynamometric MADI platform with a plate of a specified roughness was used to determine the dynamic influence of a car wheel at different speeds and loads. In the investigation it was determined how the forces generated at wheel contact with the pavement are influenced by air pressure in tires, pavement roughness and vehicle velocity.