Method for correcting lateral force measuring values

Abstract

A method for correcting lateral force measuring values for determining the cone effect of a vehicle tire is accomplished by recording with sensors lateral forces and radial forces at top and bottom clamping locations of a vertical axle of rotation of a load wheel of vehicle tire test equipment. In this method, the load wheel is eccentrically subjected to a force at least once, and the lateral forces and radial forces acting on the upper and lower clamping locations of the rotary axle of the load wheel are recorded both in a position where force is introduced at or near a line of contact between the load wheel and a vehicle tire, and in a position which is opposite in relation to the rotary axis of the load wheel. From the differences of the recorded upper and lower lateral forces and radial forces, a correction quantity is derived with which the lateral force measuring values are corrected depending on the radial force measuring values during subsequent tire tests.

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