A Tire Noise Investigation and Test Method

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Veres, R. E., author.

Conference Name:

1976 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition (1976-02-23 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1976

Summary:

This paper reports the results of an exterior tire noise investigation whose purpose was the determination of present passenger car tire noise levels and the development of a passenger car tire noise test. Several operational and measurement parameters including road surface texture and microphone distance and height were studied. The investigation resulted in a passenger car tire noise test procedure taking into account the importance of conducting tire noise tests on a standardized road surface texture.Fourteen sets of tires, consisting of thirteen 1975 experimental and production constructions and one ASTM skid test tire were used. Testing consisted of coasting at various speeds on three different road surfaces past microphones which were located at 25 and 50 feet from the vehicle centerline at ground level and 4 feet height. The major results were:In summary, surface and speed effect is significant and has to be controlled precisely for repeatable results. In spite of the wide variety of tires which included the almost treadless skid tire and a snow tire, the tire noise variance averaged only 2.5 dBA. This indicates that noise reductions beyond 2 dBA for passenger car tires will be very difficult to achieve with changes in the tread design

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Publisher Number:

760152

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