I read the following newspaper article which talks about a recent development by the scientists of Central Leather Research Institute. The Scientists have developed a shoe sole which can resists a high temperature up to 250 degrees Celsius.
Can such a technology be used in developing heat resistant automobile tires?
Has anyone of you done some work in this field?
I have attached a pdf file of the article. Please kindly have a look and guide me in the same.
Why do you want to make tyres heat resistant?
The rubber needs some temperature to gain its best rolling resistance. So you would like to have some initial heat up of the tyre. The material of the soes just blocks the heat away. Tyre properties (traction, grip, rolling resistance, wear) would completely change - and most likely degrade - with such other materials.
Thank You for considering and answering my question.
I had put this question taking in mind a racing car tire which operates at a very high temperature. Also a racing car tire has high hysterisis value which increases the rolling resistance along with increase in the tire temperature.
Sohan Agashe
Dear Sohan,
I also have the same question. Did you find any answers?
Actually, I was also thinking about ways to dissipate heat faster from the sidewalls and lessen the impact of hysteresis from a compound point of view.
We can surely vary the aspect ratio to make it stiffer but was thinking about it with material science.