| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an alternative particulate material for application to the tire footprint during tire testing to provide results more consistent with real-world vehicular tire testing.SOLUTION: A method for testing a tire on a tire testing surface includes the steps of: providing a tire testing surface arranged along a tire testing device; providing a tire having a radially outer annular side comprising a road-engaging surface; engaging forcefully the tire against the tire testing surface, whereby the forceful engagement generates a tire footprint comprising an area of contact between the road-engaging surface of the tire and the tire testing surface; rotating the tire along the tire testing surface while engaged according to the prior step; and, applying a particulate material along the footprint, the particulate material comprising kaolinite. In other embodiments, particulate material similar to kaolin or kaolinite is employed by such methods in lieu of kaolin or kaolinite. |
