Is tire pressure different if you measure with tire off the car as compared to when it is on the car and holding the weight of the car
I want to say the force of the ground on the tire is entirely transmitted to the axle and will not affect the PSI. But this is just 20 year old book learning and not practical experience talking.
posted by Palamedes at 1:44 PM on September 18, 2009
wouldn t the pressure from the ground that partially squashes the tire decrease the volume, thus increasing the pressure? (Assuming the tire is thick enough to prevent the tube from expanding in other directions)
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posted by Think_Long at 1:46 PM on September 18, 2009
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posted by phrontist at 2:16 PM on September 18, 2009
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posted by phrontist at 2:18 PM on September 18, 2009
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posted by maxwelton at 2:40 PM on September 18, 2009
A more simple thought experiment: Imagine a balloon. Now put a car on top of it. Does the air pressure increase?
At a rough estimate I think the surface area of an average tire would be about 1200 square inches. Times 4 of them is 4800 square inches. So a 4800lb car would increase tire pressure by 1psi when it rests on the tires.
posted by sfenders at 3:18 PM on September 18, 2009
Modern car tyres have steel belts that are not going to stretch at all (at least for the typical pressures that tyres are inflated to).
Thought experiment: if you fill a tyre with water instead of air, will it work the same? (Except for being much heavier.)
So, how does a tyre transmit the force from the ground to the wheel/axle? Let s assume rubber is infinitely stretchy, and only the steel belts provide the strength. When a tyre carries a load, it deforms a bit where it touches the ground. The sidewalls therefore make slightly larger angles at the bead where they re attached to the wheel. This decreases the radial (downward) component of the belt s tension reducing the downward force in that area of the wheel. Voila! the radial force at the lower end of the wheel is lower than the radial force epatagonia everlong review processlsewhere on the wheel s perimeter upward force on the axle.
So if a tyre is fully inflated, there should be no change in the internal pressure when it s loaded. (Of course there are second order effects like stretchiness and stiffness of the belts, strength of the rubber, etc. that may have a small effect on the pressure.)
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Inflating a tyre makes sure it won t buckle under load. The Lunar Rover s tyre belts are actually its whole tyre, which shows that the weight is supported entirely by the sidewall flexing, and not by any pushing back that the air inside the tyre is doing. This also implies the Rover s tyres must have been much stiffer than the belts in a car tyre.