TITLE:
Verification of Tire Hydroplaning Phenomenon Using Coupled FSI Simulation by CFD and FEM
AUTHORS:
Hyun Chul Jung, Mi Dum Jung, Kyoung Moon Jeong, Kyunghoon Lee
KEYWORDS:
Tire, Hydroplaning, Finite Element Method, Computational Fluid Dynamic, Fluid Structure Interaction
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.10 No.7,
July
13,
2020
ABSTRACT: Hydroplaning phenomenon is one of the major factors that must be
considered to ensure safe driving on wet road surfaces. In this paper, the
approach to numerical simulation of the physical hydroplaning characteristics
using patterned tire is described. A detailed 3-D patterned tire model is
constructed by in-house modeling program and the water flow is considered as
incompressible. The complex tire material compositions are effectively modeled
using composites, and rubber properties generalize the Mooney-Rivlin model. The
finite element method (FEM) and the advanced finite volume method (FVM) are
used for structural and for fluid-tire interaction analysis, respectively.
Performance prediction of hydroplaning via coupling of computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) and FEM has delivered a detailed insight into the local
mechanisms and root causes of hydroplaning. Numerical examples were verified by
comparing the experimental test results and it is confirmed to indicate similar
correlation tendency and high reliability. The effect of driving velocity,
pattern groove size, and pattern direction on hydroplaning phenomenon of tire
is discussed and logical results were obtained.