Estimation of the Rolling Resistance performance of a pavement in view of the roughness profile

The reduction of rolling resistance is essential for a more environmentally friendly transportation system, a process is highly influenced by both tire and pavement design. Here, the research team proposes to develop a systematic model to provide the correlation between the surface roughness of the pavement and the rolling resistance experienced by the vehicles. To this end, a multi-scale simulation model will be assembled to consider the pavement profile, the energy dissipation of tire and the complicated contact mechanism involved. In this work, the recently developed tire/pavement interaction model will be advanced to account for micro-and meso-scale pavement roughness and the energy losses due to the corresponding small-scale tread deformation. The correlation between energy loss and rolling resistance will be described using a ranking and rating system. Currently, direct formulation of such correlation is a complicated procedure that involves the mechanics of the vehicle and dynamics of the tire to be understood at multiple scales. In this work, tire-pavement contact will be simulated using finite element (FE) solvers with respect to a multi-scale visco-elastic model for rubber. By profiling surfaces up to few microns, the contact mechanism and the resulting energy dissipation will be concurrently modelled in micro-, meso and macro-scales for the first time.

• Record URL:
  http://www.chpp.egr.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/UTC-Project-Information-Form_MSU-3.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $74203
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC44

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Michigan State University - Center for Pavement Preservation

  2857 Jolly Road
  Okemos, Michigan  United States  48864
• Performing Organizations:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Institute for Community Development
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Principal Investigators:

  Dargazany, Roozbeh

  Chatti, Karim

• Start Date: 20170131
• Expected Completion Date: 20180731
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dissipation; Finite element method; Pavement performance; Rolling resistance; Roughness; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01662483
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Pavement Preservation
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC44
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 11 2018 11:26AM