Carl Becker | VDG | University of Pretoria | ISTVS Terramechanics Bite
Channel: ISTVS
Date: 30/03/2022

Carl Becker | VDG | University of Pretoria

Parameterisation of Tyres with Large Lugs

Carl Becker’s work looks at the importance of using artificial terrain in a laboratory environment that is representative of in-field terrains to characterise tyres and the effect of tyre wear.

The presentation will cover the doctoral work Carl did to investigate changes in tyre characteristics with tyre wear, terrain interaction, and terrain characteristics of large lug tyres.

Carl Becker is a Researcher at the Vehicle Dynamics Group of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Pretoria. After finishing the practical work on his Master’s degree, Carl started working full-time in 2008 in the defence industry as a Test Engineer at a company designing and manufacturing Landmine Protected Vehicles. There he was managing the Test Department for two years. Highlights included the full spectrum of land mine tests on vehicles as well as ballistic testing in South Africa and Germany and applied research on the products the company supplied to the industry. In 2010 Carl joined the Vehicle Dynamics Group as a research officer. At the Vehicle Dynamics Group, his research includes vehicle dynamics, conceptualising, design, manufacturing and commissioning measuring equipment and tyre test rigs, in the form of terrain profilometers, wheel force transducers, static, dynamic and damping tyre test rigs.

Links to articles:
- Motion Resistance Measurements on Large Lug Tyres: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2019.12.005
- Agricultural Tyre Stiffness Change as a Function of Tyre Wear: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2022.04.001
- Effect of Surface Roughness on Tyre Characteristics: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2022.04.003

If you would like to download a copy of the article, Effect of surface roughness on tyre characteristics, you can use the following link,  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1f8E957HHsVIj. The first 50 downloads are free.


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