Control of Tire Wear Particulate Matter through Tire Tread Prescription

This study aims to analyze tire wear particulate matter (TWP) from tread rubber with different formulations and to compare the concentration of TWP with different wear devices. The TWP generated during the abrasion of truck and bus radial (TBR) tires were examined, and the effect of using different types of rubber and carbon black (CB) were investigated. When natural rubber (NR) was solely used as the tire tread rubber material, there was a higher concentration of 5-10 & mu;m TWP. However, when the tread formulation consisted of NR mixed with butadiene rubber, the TWP concentration decreased. Changing the type of CB also reduced the amount of TWP in the 2.5 & mu;m size range. The TWP concentration in the specimens increased with increasing speed and vertical load. The TWP generated during the abrasion tests using wear testers and tire simulators exhibited similar trends. These findings suggest that modifying tire tread formulations can effectively control the distribution and amount of TWP generation.

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This study aims to analyze tire wear particulate matter (TWP) from tread rubber with different formulations and compare the concentration of TWP with different wear devices. The TWP concentration was higher when natural rubber (NR) was solely used as the tire tread material, but decreased when NR was mixed with butadiene rubber. Changing the type of carbon black (CB) also reduced the amount of TWP in the 2.5 μm size range. The TWP concentration increased with increasing speed and vertical load, and similar trends were observed in tests using different wear devices.