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3 Part Article Series on Tires/Tyres - rubber, grip and dynamics.

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KazarS197

KazarS197

I like to know and understand what's really going on. Here is a pretty good series of tire articles.

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How tyre rubber works

The viscoelastic nature of tyre rubber is why managing the performance of tyres is so difficult. Let's discover the science of rubber.
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Tyre grip

Once we have an understanding of how tyre rubber behaves, we then need to understand how this helps to generate tyre grip.
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Tyre dynamics

Once we understand how tyre rubber works and how tyre grip is generated, the next question is how does this affect tyre dynamics?
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Bill Pemberton

Bill Pemberton

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Blimey, the viscoelastic nature of tyre rubber is why it is so difficult to managing tyre strategy. I have a feeling BS1 and I are going to have to quote " Viscoelastic Nature " a bit more often when we describe the variables causing massive confusion with the dynamics of types. I know Blacksheep never Tyres of explaining race rubber, as he is the Viscoelastic Guru of TMO!!
 
KazarS197

KazarS197

Bill Pemberton said:
Blimey, the viscoelastic nature of tyre rubber is why it is so difficult to managing tyre strategy. I have a feeling BS1 and I are going to have to quote " Viscoelastic Nature " a bit more often when we describe the variables causing massive confusion with the dynamics of types. I know Blacksheep never Tyres of explaining race rubber, as he is the Viscoelastic Guru of TMO!!
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🤣. Right! He is the Tire Mafia Guy. @blacksheep-1 there's a plug for ya. ;)
 
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