WHEELS & TIRES SAE@NITRKL

Pneumatic tires are the means to transfer forces between the road and the vehicle. Tires are required to produce the forces necessary to control the vehicle, and hence, they are an important component of a vehicle.

The section height, tire height, or simply height, hT ,is a number that must be added to the rim radius to make the wheel radius. The section width, or tire width, wT , is the widest dimension of a tire when the tire is not loaded. The pan width represents the width of the rim holding the tire.

Size number. Maximum allowed ination pressure. Type of tire construction. M&S denotes a tire for mud and snow. E-Mark is the Europe type approval mark and number. US Department of Transport (DOT) identication numbers. Country of manufacture. Manufacturers, brand name, or commercial name.

P-Passenger car 215-Tire width [mm] 60-Aspect ratio [%] R-Radial 15-Rim diameter [in 96-Load rating H-Speed rating

Index 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

Max. Load (kg) 345 355 365 375 387 400 412 425 437 450 462 475 487 500

Index 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

Max. Load (kg) 515 530 545 560 580 600 615 630 650 670 690 710 730 750

Index B C D E F G H I J K L

Maximum Speed Index (KMPH) 50 60 65 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Maximum Speed (KMPH) 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 240 270 300 >240

Tire manufacturers generally use this concept during the manufacture of wheel assembly. Each time we add 1 inch to the rim diameter we should add 20mm to the tire width & subtract 10% from the aspect ratio. This is basically done to compensate the increase in rim width and diameter & provide same overall tire radius

Radial : Reinforcing steel cable belts are assembled parallel to each other and run side to side making 90 deg to the circumference of the tire Non-Radial : Also known as bias-ply or cross ply, the plies are layered diagonal from one bead to the other bead at about a 30 deg angle, although any other angles may also be applied

Dry Tires or Slick Tires : Mostly used in high performance racing events such as Formula One. Made up of soft rubber compounds. They provide the maximum contact patch area. Wet Tires or Rain Tires : They have specially designed tread patterns to prevent problems of aquaplaning. They provide the least tire print. Intermediate Tires or Inter Tires : Used in regular automobiles. There function lies in between the Dry and the wet tires.