The Racing & High-Performance Tire UsingThe the RacingTires to Tune for Grip& andHigh-Performance Balance Tire Using the Tires to Tune for Grip and Balance List of Chapters Illustrations and Tables Chapter 4 Rubber Compounding Which Rubber? Introduction Recipe for a Tire Chapter 1 How a Car Turns a Corner Carbon Black Reinforcement Vehicle, Tires, Driver Vulcanization Slip Angle Additive Development Footsteps Chapter 5 Tire Design and Lateral Force vs. Slip Angle Manufacture An Automobile Is Easier to Make Structure of the Pneumatic Tire Than a Tire Modulus of Elasticity The Complexity Is Daunting Fatigue Strength Chapter 2 Rubber Fatigue Failure Rubber History Tire Design Obsession Contact Patch Load Effects Serendipity Structural Distortion Due to Vertical The Beginnings of a Recipe Load Parallel Development Load and Internal Pressure Synthetic Rubber A Loading Example Rubber Is a Polymer Overloading and Underinflation Rubber Is Elastic and Viscoelastic Braking and Acceleration Forces Creep Test Bias-Ply or Radial? Mechanical Model for Rubber Street Tires vs. Race Tires Speed Sensitivity Wider Wheels Rubber Response to Cyclic Stress Tire Construction The Glass Transition Temperature Construction Details Reinforcing Cords Chapter 3 Rubber Friction Filament, Thread, Yarn, Cord Simple Friction Adhesive Coatings on the Cords Rubber Friction Tread Design Adhesion Tread Patterns for a Wet Surface Deformation: Mechanical Keying Tire Noise Tearing and Wear Special Case: Sports-Utility Vehicles Total Friction Manufacturing Process Deformation Friction and Tread Material Viscoelasticity Assembly Adhesive Friction and Surface Tire Nonuniformities Deformation The Hazards of Batch Processing Friction: A Combination of Forces Manufacturing Developments Road Surface Effects The Tire Industry Isn’t Healthy Shape Automated Manufacturing Slope of the Asperities The Myth of Off-Line in the Rain Chapter 6 Tire Behavior The Load Sensitivity of Rubber How a Car Turns a Corner: Revisited Friction Slip Angle Temperature and Speed Effects Lateral Force vs. Slip Angle The Racing & High-Performance Tire Using the Tires to Tune for Grip and Balance Longitudinal Forces Blistering Combined Forces Tire Treatments Friction Circle Tire Treatments Are Widely Available Lateral Deformation of the Tread Hot Lap, Hot Lap II, and LMT Wide Tires Are Better Did Gordon’s Car Use a Tire Why Wider Tires Are Better Treatment? Self-Aligning Torque Tire Companies Do Not Like Vertical Forces in the Contact Patch Tire Treatments Dynamic Tire Response to Steering A Tire Guy Speaks Out Rolling Resistance Chapter 9 Tire Testing and Induced Drag Development Radials Are More Efficient Tire Testing Camber Thrust How Important Is Tire Testing to a Construction-Induced Camber Team? Stagger Driver Feedback Helps Develop Tires Internal Pressure Paul Gentilozzi on Tire Testing Tire Dynamics: Standing Waves Mario Andretti: Tire Development Frequency Response History Load Sensitivity of Tires Interesting Times Indeed! Lateral Speed of the Tire 2002 Formula 1 Tire War Chapter 7 Balance and Control WLF Transform Oversteer and Understeer Ten Ferrari Engineers at Consequences of Imbalance Bridgestone? The Driver Is Important Barrichello’s Tire/??? Incident at What the Tires See the USGP Again, Drivers Can Make a Difference Chapter 10 Tire Performance Data Control at the Limit of Adhesion Engineers Want More and Better So Tight It’s Loose Data Chapter 8 Race Tires Simulation Software Break-In Typical Tire Data Scrubbing Race Tires Spring Rate Pre-Scrubbing Tires Rolling Radius Shaving Tires Lateral Force vs. Slip Angle Tire Temperature and Pressure Load Sensitivity Taking Tire Temperatures Self-Aligning Torque Tire Give-Up Formula 1 Tire Data Tire Wars: Goodyear vs. Firestone MTS Flat-Trac Tire Testing System Here Comes Firestone Missing information Firestone Tires Proved Superior Motorsports Drives Development Less Give-Up Can Be a Problem Chapter 11 Basic Vehicle Why Didn’t Goodyear Respond with Dynamics a Competitive Tire? The Physics: Newton’s Laws of NASCAR-Hoosier/Goodyear Motion Comparisons at Daytona Inertia and Units Asymmetrical Sidewalls F=MA for a Circular Path Heat Cycles Inertial Forces and Lateral Weight Abrasion and Graining Transfer How Firestone Whipped Goodyear Weight Transfer Calculation Graining on Dirt Fractional Weight Transfer Graining on Pavement CG and Lateral Weight Transfer The Racing & High-Performance Tire Using the Tires to Tune for Grip and Balance Examples Diagonal Weight Transfer: Wedge Tire Roll Using Wedge to Adjust Balance Longitudinal Weight Transfer A Static Adjustment with Dynamic Suspension ‘Anti’ Geometry Results Anti-Dive and Anti-Lift with Braking A Doubly Powerful Adjustment Anti-Squat with Acceleration Cockpit-Adjustable Wedge Anti Trade-Offs Wedge Summary Lower CG Is Better Wedge with Tire Pressures CG Is Important: Winston Cup Cars Dynamic Tire Loading at Martinsville Roll Resistance Typical Independent Suspension Roll Resistance Distribution Roll Centers Roll Resistance Trade-Offs Cornering Forces Geometric Stiffness Jacking Force Choosing Initial Roll Centers Roll Center Position Trade-Offs Roll Center Stability Timing of Forces Roll Timing Dynamic Suspension Movement Spring Preload Special Case: The Panhard Rod Springs, Bars, and Dampers Details of Lateral Weight Transfer The Anti-Roll Bar Unsprung Weight Transfer Skid-Pad Testing Sprung Weight Transfer: Direct Springs and Bars: Choices Forces and Roll Forces Damper Detail Direct-Force Weight Transfer Damper Adjustments Roll-Force Weight Transfer Tire Loads for Specific Adjustments Weight Transfer Calculation Index Roll Angle References Chapter 12 Suspension Geometry Camber Control Resources Roll- and Ride-Height Effects Aerodynamic Constraints Steering Geometry Caster Karts and Caster and Tires Mechanical Trail Ackermann Steering Geometry Toe Bump Steer, Roll Steer Chapter 13 Tuning for Grip and Balance Tuning the Racecar By Levels Ride Height Static Weight Distribution Moment of Inertia Corner Weights Spring Rate, Wheel Rate, Tire Rate Bell Cranks and Third Springs Where to Start with the Basic Setup Starting Points-Springs and Bars Sizing Anti-Roll Bars Suspension Antis .