On 26-28 September 2011
an intensive course on Mechanics of Tire-Pavement Interaction
will be held at TU Delft, The Netherlands. The course will address:
- fundamentals of nonlinear large
deformation continuum mechanics
- physical and geometric
characteristics of modern pneumatic tires
- laboratory testing and
constitutive modeling of the thermo-visco-elastic response of rubber
materials
- laboratory testing and
constitutive modeling of the thermo-visco-plastic response of pavement
materials
- metrics of surface
roughness and their laboratory/field determination
- innovative laboratory
testing of rubber-asphalt friction
- mechanics of large
deformation contact and their application for the development of
thermo-visco-plastic interface constitutive models
- techniques for field
evaluation of tire-pavement friction
- issues in the finite
element modeling of tire-pavement interaction
- the influence of tire
characteristics on pavement long term response
The course is addressed to graduate and
doctoral students and researchers. All lectures and course handout
materials are in English. Information about the registration
procedure and accommodation in Delft
can be found at www.skidsafe.org.
With kind regards,
Dr. T. Scarpas
Course coordinator
Email: Mirella
Villani - CITG [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
