Method of simulating tire tread noise and apparatus
CA 1332981 C · Owner: Uniroyal Goodrich Canada, Inc. · Inventors: Parker, David Hiram; Thrasher, Donald Burns; Blinn, Robert John
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A method is disclosed for evaluating the level of objectionable noise associated with the operation of a tire by virtue of its tread contacting a road surface, which comprises digitizing the tread design on a coordinate system so as to define load-supporting portions of the tread in contact with the pavement and distinguish them in, binary form from those portions of the tread which are not in contact. as multiple matrix elements; defining a generally arcuate profile of a leading or trailing edge of a footprint of the tread by fitting an equation to the edge; sequentially performing the time ensemble summation, of the noise produced by each matrix element over ev-, ery matrix element on the …
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- Granted November 8, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 8, 2011.
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