... can be found in steel-belted-radial tires is used to illustrate the results. It was found that large shear stresses occur at the cord-matrix interface in both the axial and circumferential directions at the cord ends and that the effective modulus of the cords may be greatly reduced. As a result...

...Guilhem Michon; Lionel Manin; Didier Remond; Regis Dufour; Robert G. Parker This paper experimentally investigates the parametric instability of an industrial axially moving belt subjected to multifrequency excitation. Based on the equations of motion, an analytical perturbation analysis...

...X. Allan Zhong A three-dimensional fracture mechanics model is formulated to study fatigue crack growth and durability in tires. The application of this model in a radial medium truck tire reveals fracture characteristics of belt edge cracks and helps to explain mechanical and material changes...

...Michael J. Leamy A perturbation method is presented for use in analyzing unsteady belt-drive operation. The method relies on the important assumption that for operating states close to steady operation, the friction state (i.e., whether the belt is creeping or sticking at any location on the pulley...