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AssigneeCompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
InventorsPierre-Alain Begou, Antoine Paturle, Jean-Michel Vacherand, Oussama Bouhadida
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A method for evaluating the firmness of the ground on which is running a vehicle equipped with at least one mounted assembly having a radial stiffness kradial comprising a tyre casing having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, equipped with a sensor sensitive to the circumferential curvature and positioned in line with the crown, comprises the following steps: Estimating a value of the curvature ρA of the tire casing corresponding to first steady-state conditions of the tire casing in contact with the ground; and Evaluating the relative firmness of the ground with respect to the radial stiffness kradial of the mounted assembly as being a function of the value of the curvature ρA of the tire casing.
A method for evaluating firmness of a ground on which is running a vehicle equipped with at least one mounted assembly having a radial stiffness kradial comprising a tire casing having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, equipped with at least one sensor sensitive to a circumferential curvature and positioned in line with the crown, comprising the following steps:
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