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Experimental Characterisation of Tyre Indentation by Simulated Runway Debris
Author(s) -
Nguyen S.,
Greenhalgh E. S.,
Iannucci L.,
Longstaff S.,
Olsson R.,
Curtis P. T.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
strain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1475-1305
pISSN - 0039-2103
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1305.2009.00704.x
Subject(s) - indentation , runway , debris , impact energy , research object , forensic engineering , collision , structural engineering , engineering , materials science , geology , computer science , composite material , geography , archaeology , regional science , oceanography , computer security
As part of an investigation to assess the impact threat posed to vehicles by tyre‐lofted runway debris, it is important to gain a quantitative understanding of the interaction between inflated tyres and foreign objects. In this paper, experiments involving indentation of an inflated tyre to represent over‐rolling of a foreign object were used to estimate the energy that could be transferred to the over‐rolled object. The maximum kinetic energy that a 24‐mm diameter spherical stone could potentially attain from such an indentation‐related loft mechanism by a tyre inflated to 0.34 MPa (50 psi) was 20 J.