TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Characteristics and investigation of selected manufacturing defects of passenger car tires JO - Transportation research procedia A1 - Weyssenhoff, Andrzej A1 - Opala, Michał A1 - Koziak, Seweryn A1 - Melnik, Rafał SP - 119 EP - 126 VL - 40 IS - N2 - Car tire is an interface between vehicle and road, thus plays a major role in vehicle dynamics. Any imperfections and defects have negative effect on vehicle handling and safety. Unfortunately, certain number of new tires put on the market is not free of defects. In best case the defects would have only influence on comfort, however in the worst case they can cause an accident. The paper analyzes selected tire defects and its causes that may arise during manufacturing process. Tire construction and materials used for its production were also discussed.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 2352-1465 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2019.07.020 ID - ref1 ER -