Patent ID: 8688421
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B60C,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for designing a tire, said tire having a shear band that has a desired in-plane effective shear stiffness, G 12 *, a desired maximum shear strain, (γ 12 *)max, a shear layer, said shear layer having a honeycomb structure having a plurality of vertical members, a summation of lengths of said vertical members, H′, an overall height, H, a plurality of horizontal cells, N h , a wall thickness, t, vertical layers, N v , a length of the honeycomb structure, L, a defined variable, d, which is the ratio of said length, L to the number of said plurality of horizontal cells, N h , another defined variable, R, which is the ratio of said summation of lengths of said vertical members, H′ relative to said overall height, H, in order to obtain said G 12 * and said (γ 12 *)max, the method comprising the following steps: first, holding constant said wall thickness t and said vertical layers N