Tire Library Overview
The Tire Library contains components to model pneumatic tires. Analytical (COF, Linear, and Fiala), curve-fitting (Pacejka 2002 and Pacejka 2012), and user-defined force and moment models (Custom) are available to model the tire-ground interaction.
Library Content
The Maplesoft Tire library consists of the following components
Linear Linear tire formulation
Fiala Fiala tire formulation
Pacejka 2002 Tire with Pacejka 2002 formulation
Pacejka 2012 Tire with Pacejka 2012 formulation
Custom User-defined tire
COF Coefficient of friction-based tire formulation
For information that is common to the Maplesoft Tire Library components:
Tire Surface Options
Tire Kinematics
You can generate a terrain to test your model using the Terrain Generator app. To open this app, in the left pane of MapleSim, browse to Add Apps or Templates > Tires > Terrain Generator. You can also generate a terrain by using the commands in the Tires package.
See Also
Component Library Overview
MapleSim Help System
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