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High Stability in Compressive and Shear Behavior of Airless Tire Using Primitive TPMS-Based Cylindrical Spoke

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The Primitive-type triply periodic minimal surface (P-TPMS) cell is applied in the design to improve the compressive behavior of airless tire spokes. In this study, the deformed shape and force–displacement response of spokes with cylindrically designed P-TPMS cells are comprehensively investigated under vertical compression through both numerical and experimental analyses. The new design is compared with conventional spokes utilizing columns, honeycomb, and re-entrant cells. One of the most valuable findings of this research is that spokes with columns, honeycomb, and re-entrant cells exhibit behavior typical of lattice structures, characterized by linear, plateau, and densification regions in their force–displacement curves. However, spokes with P-TPMS cells shows nearly linear behavior in the significant strain range up to 60.8%. In this study, it is experimentally demonstrated that the designed P-TPMS spoke is superior to the conventional ones through the close correlation between the deformed shape and the force–displacement response in terms of stiffness and stability under compressive and shear loads.

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This research was supported by 2022 BK21 FOUR Program of Pusan National University.

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 244 Sumner Street, Akron, OH, 44325-3903, USA

    Jae-Won Choi

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Kim, HS., Kim, DY., Choi, JW. et al. High Stability in Compressive and Shear Behavior of Airless Tire Using Primitive TPMS-Based Cylindrical Spoke. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-023-00587-4

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