Datasets / Ground Vehicle Tire Lab (GVTL)


Ground Vehicle Tire Lab (GVTL)

Published By Federal Laboratory Consortium

Issued over 9 years ago

US
beta

Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a set of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

The GVTL consists of two tire test machines and software necessary to process experimental results. The lab features a walk-in environmental chamber capable of controlling temperatures of minus 60° F to 185° F and humidity of 20 to 95 percent. Capabilities: GVTL performs tire durability, run-flat device and road wheel experiments and determines physical characteristics without modification or disassembly to a degree of unparalleled accuracy. The GVTL can accommodate tires from trucks, trailers and road wheels to support M&S efforts for both military and industrial applications. Benefits: •  Conducts comprehensive tests of tire characteristics under a wide range of duty-cycle and environmental conditions, providing the most accurate simulation of real-world usage available in North America. •  Captures the resulting data for later use in computer M&S studies. •  To match GVTL's testing capabilities, a manufacturer would need to drive from Texas in August to Alaska in January, and back. Even then, the data captured would not be as comprehensive.