Data driven smart non-pneumatic tires

Abstract

Various embodiments of a smart non-pneumatic tire and methods for generating a mean vibration characteristic of the smart non-pneumatic tire are described. In one embodiment, a method for measuring the mean vibration characteristic includes receiving tire-road contact acceleration data from an accelerometer that is secured near a tire-surface contact region, where the tire-road contact acceleration data includes data captured by the accelerometer over a duration of time while a tread along an outer periphery of a sector of the tire contacts a surface. The method further includes receiving velocity data for the tire and load data for the tire over the duration of time. The method further includes generating a mean vibration characteristic based on the above-mentioned data. The method also includes changing a stiffness of spokes of the tire based on the generated mean vibration characteristic in some cases.

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