@article{ref1,
title="Modeling and analysis of bias-ply motorcycle tires",
journal="Mathematical modelling",
year="1985",
author="Watanabe, Yoshinori and Kaldjian, Movses J.",
volume="6",
number="1",
pages="80-80",
abstract="Physical properties of motorcycle tire structure are considered to help select a good and true-to-life mechanistic model suitable for finite element analysis of tires. Rubber and bias-ply layered-cord together make the inflated unhomogeneous tire structure anisotropic and geometrically highly nonlinear. A mathematical model made of 3-D solid and truss elements is discussed, and presented as realistic and adequate to accommodate the anisotropy and nonlinearity inherent in the tire problem. Various loading cases, including a cambered tire with inflation pressure and vertical load on contact patch, are studied and evaluated for force and moment acting on the tire. The results are very encouraging and satisfactory.<p />",
language="",
issn="0270-0255",
doi="10.1016/0270-0255(85)90024-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0270-0255(85)90024-7"
}