Re: Question - car technology

John Greystrong wrote:

Duncan Wood wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:15:13 -0000, John Greystrong
<johnny_g@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Duncan Wood wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:58:40 -0000, John Greystrong
<johnny_g@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ben C wrote:

If the tyre's a bit flat, the wheel's radius is effectively
reduced, so
it does more revolutions for a given vehicle speed.

No it doesn't. Unless somebody's taken a slice of rubber out of it
which would probably negate the need for a pressure sensor.
If you're going to be pedantic it's the tyres rolling radius that is
reduced, & if it's dropped by more than 25% it's detectable.

I wasn't trying to be pedantic, honest. I'm not convinced the
circumference is going to change whatever the pressure so why would a
flat tyre rotate more?

The circomference of a loaded tyre does change,

The length of rubber doesn't change, there's dirty great big steel belts
underneath it. The tyre doesn't rotate around the rim.

How does having 20 or 30psi in a tyre change the distance the tread
travels per revolution?



John

Can I refer you to the post I made in this thread dated 27/01/2008?

There is a link there to a Wikipedia article about tyre pressure monitoring.

A snippet:

"Indirect TPMS measures the air pressure indirectly by monitoring individual
wheel speeds and other signals available in the vehicle. Most indirect TPMS
uses the fact that an under-inflated tire has a slightly smaller diameter
than a correctly inflated tire and therefore has to rotate more times to
cover a specific distance to detect under-inflation."

WRT the circumference of the tyre, think about a bicycle wheel with a a big
dent in it that has forced a point on the rim nearer to the hub. The
distance around the rim will still be the same, but because the wheel is no
longer truly circular the effective circumference will have reduced.

Chris

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