From Figure 3, the maximum unit load qmax on the eye-bar can be calculated from equation 2.2.

1:
S
2

2 U T cos(T )GT
0

(2.2.1)

Where W is the applied load, r is the radius of the pin. After the integration, the result of equation 2.2.1 is :

S Tmax U
2

A similar method can be applied for the tire and wheel interface, where the pressure on the bead seat is calculated based on the ground reaction force on the tire. This eye-bar theory has been applied to tire/wheel interfaces before. For example, Stearns derived the applied pressure (W) at the bead seat region to be as follow:
TR

T R

E :
S

UE GT

(2.2.2)

Where :U

S T :R cos ; giving : 2 T R

:R 4 E UE TR

or :R

: S ,where Wo 4 E UE T R

is the maximum pressure, Wr is the distributive pressure, rb is the radius of the wheel, b is the width of the bead seat, and o is the contact patch angle.

2.3

Tire/wheel interface
In an effort to not model the tire, the wheel/tire interface has been carefully

studied and appropriate loads have been applied to the wheel directly. Similar simplifications of tire/wheels have been used in analysis by other researchers. Many have performed tire/wheel interface analysis to automotive wheels, where the authors study the