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|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    Re: The tires on the asphalt    |
|    07 Apr 18 23:24:36    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              Thomas Koenig mercoled=EC 04/04/2018 alle ore 09:35:02 ha scritto:       > Well, you have removed most effects of what will happen from consideratio=       n;       > the only major effect left (that I can think of) is viscoelasticity.       >       > Rubber can be quite elastic for short deformations; a force applied only       > for a short time, and then removed, will lead to a smaller deformation       > than a force applied for a longer time.       >       > So, for this, the tread will be deformed a little less, so the vehicle       > will rise a bit.              Your answer is the exact confirmation of what I expected: the vehicle       in speed tends to rise a little, that is to weigh less against the       asphalt, compared to the stationary car.              [[Mod. note -- The vehicle's weight will be unchanged (assuming the       road to be straight & flat (neither curving-up nor curving-down).       As Thomas Koenig explained, this *same* weight will lead to a smaller       tire deformation at high speed.       -- jt]]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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