Modyfikacja stanowiska do badania zjawiska tarcia występującego pomiędzy kołem jezdnym a nawierzchnią drogi

W artykule omówiony został projekt realizowany na Politechnice Łódzkiej, którego celem było zaadaptowanie istniejącego stanowiska badawczego, tak aby umożliwiało wykonanie pomiaru tarcia (przyczepności) opony przy poślizgu koła jezdnego 100%. Nawiązano do pojęć takich jak poślizg, siła tarcia (przyczepności) oraz współczynnik przyczepności. Zagadnienia te były kluczowe dla określenia warunków jakie zmodyfikowane stanowisko powinno spełniać. Omówiona została dotychczasowa konstrukcja stanowiska a następnie przedstawiono wykonane zmiany konstrukcyjne.

Paper discussed the project realized at the Lodz University of Technology which aim was to adapt already existing test stand so that it enables measurements of the tire friction (tire adhesion) during 100% slippage conditions. Firstly, several terms connected directly with the topic of wheel (as the combination of tire and rim) and its kinematics were presented including slippage, friction force and adhesion (friction) coefficient of the tire. They were crucial from the point of view of the conditions that the rebuilt stand shall fulfill. Secondly, the already existing stand was described. This part of the work included description of three different configurations of the stand existing so far. Three different phases of the wheel’s motion together with the phenomena accompanying them that were tested on the stand were also presented. The last stage concerned the project part itself and included construction of the frame holding the electric motor and the balance frame holding the mass which reduces the wheel pressure force on the road. Finally, when the test stand in new configuration was ready, validating measurements were performed. As the result, it was concluded that rebuilt measuring construction enable one to examine the friction phenomenon between tire and road during 100% slippage. The obtained values of the friction coefficient were corresponding to the expected ones. Some interesting dependencies were also observed, for instance presumable influence of the increasing (over some value) tire temperature during measurement on friction coefficient. However, to validate it some modifications in the test stand construction are recommended for the future.