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#Is This The Perfect Electric car Tire? What does it take to create a special electric vehicle tire particularly one up to the standards of BMW's new i3?
It is a question Bridgestone the world's largest tire manufacturer set out to answer recently
when the German automaker approached it about designing a range of tires that it is the exclusive supplier of for this luxury electric car.
Bridgestone said its answer to the perfect electric car tire question came in the form of theologic technology
The result is a tyre that delivers significant improvements in aerodynamics and rolling resistance while still offering outstanding grip in wet weather conditions.
While the tread on smaller diameter tyres is inclined typically to excessive movement or eformationduring driving the larger diameter
and higher belt tension significantly reduce tyre deformation and therefore conserve energy that is otherwise lost through internal friction
The tyre long contact patch (relative to its narrow width) revolutionary tread design and compound still ensure outstanding grip in both wet and dry conditions.
85qand two winter varieties he BLIZZAK LM-500 ologic a lamellen tire and the BLIZZAK NV ologic a studless tire (with Multicell compound for Nordic conditions.'
Developing a unique tyre for this unique vehicle was therefore an enormously challenging but also rewarding experience.
Energy efficiency is an important development criteria for all our tyres at Bridgestone. However it becomes an even more critical factor in an electric car.
and passion into developing this unique tyre concept. One that we are confident delivers the premium performance safety
and a large portion of these goes into the production of vehicle tires. Once the products reach the end of their useful life
and tires their organs one by one until their little bodies cannot go on any more, wrote the group,
how many miles are left to be driven on the current tank of gas, tire pressure, and radio and entertainment usage.
#Vanishing friction Friction is all around us, working against the motion of tires on pavement, the scrawl of a pen across paper,
and many street cars that can rotate upwards to increase traction on the tires by increasing drag
you want to increase traction on the tires, Tibbits posits. ou can actually transform the wing panels on the car
On the path to commercialisation, her team found an even more effective approach was to use the polymers in another type of waste used car tyres.
Most of the existing uses for old tyres involve making low value secondary products such as asphalt, aggregate for cement, artificial reefs, footwear, plastic and rubber composites,
In Australia alone, this technology has resulted so far in over two million used car tyres being converted from waste into a valuable feedstock for steel production.
while at the same time reducing the environmental problems of waste tyre disposal s
#Deep-sea fish found to be warm-blooded Calling someone a cold fish may not hold any more after scientists today revealed a deep-sea fish that is warm-blooded.
such as running a car tyre over it, the electrical output was uniformed highly and there was no damage to the functionality of the device.
such as running a car tyre over it, the electrical output was uniformed highly and there was no damage to the functionality of the device.
Friction is all around us, working against the motion of tires on pavement, the scrawl of a pen across paper,
which is used for everything from tires to hot-melt adhesives. Genencor pegs the market for isoprene at 11 billion pounds by the year 2012.
Genencor has teamed up with Goodyear to create concept tires using Bioisoprene. From a chemical standpoint, we are making the same chemical,
It will take some time for these tires to actually hit the commercial market. Genencor and Goodyear are in the process of building a small-scale facility to really validate the process
and ensure that Bioisoprene doesn't in some way change the performance of Goodyear tires. Yes what they are doing could be good for the environment,
For an idea of the impact, consider that approximately 50 percent of consumer tires are made from polymers
as the company looks toward guaranteeing a cost-effective supply of the raw materials for its tires for many years to come e
If so Box s long-delayed IPO could kick its tires before the end of the first quarter of next year.
and graphite electrodes at a plant that also makes graphite for tires and other applications.
pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
A fifth G-track found a few nucleotides distant from the G4 tracks involved in folding can act as a pare tire,
#Morphing tire concept adapts to suit driving conditions As the point of contact between a vehicle and the road,
tires are one of the most important parts of a car. Unfortunately, there's no one size fits all,
or rather, one tire fits all surfaces or weather conditions, tire and swapping them over when encountering changing conditions isn't exactly feasible.
Kumho's Maxplo tire takes the airless tire concept and takes things a few futuristic steps further.
the surface and circumference of the tire features specially-designed three-dimensional grooves. The placement of the grooves isn't just random or for show,
the large intersectional tread blocks that make up the surface of the tire move apart, broadening the tire's footprint to increase traction.
For snow and ice, the tire has one more trick up its sleeve in the form of spikes that remain hidden beneath the tread blocks in other conditions.
To finish their futuristic concept off, the designers added a hydrogen fuel-powered electric hub motor.
The tires would measure 700 x 700 x 250 mm (27.5 x 27.5 x 9. 8 in)
many of its concepts will flow into tire design over the next few years, and the overall concept will continue to be refined with a view to one-day offering tires such as this to consumers,
"says David Basha, Kumho Tyre Australia manager of marketing and training. Source: Kumho, ADESIGN Award A
#Noninvasive spinal cord stimulation gets paralyzed legs moving voluntarily again Five men with complete motor paralysis have regained the ability to move their legs voluntarily
2015nanocomposites Improve Tire Properties July 9th, 2015interviews/Book reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers Scientists Apply Magnetic nanoparticles to Eliminate Cancerous Cells July 10th,
#Nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction.
which is the first of its kind, in a paper published May 6, 2015, in the journal Nano Energy("Single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator for scavenging friction energy from rolling tires").
Xudong Wang has developed a new way to harvest energy from rolling tires. The nanogenerator relies on the triboelectric effect to harness energy from the changing electric potential between the pavement and a vehicle's wheels.
"The friction between the tire and the ground consumes about 10 percent of a vehicle's fuel,
"The nanogenerator relies on an electrode integrated into a segment of the tire. When this part of the tire surface comes into contact with the ground,
the friction between those two surfaces ultimately produces an electrical charge-a type of contact electrification known as the triboelectric effect.
Fibers are everywhere from your underwear, pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes.
transmission, and tire friction.""Reduce the friction, reduce the amount of fuel used. When the diamond nanoparticles came in contact with the thin sheets of graphene (carbon that's only an atom thick) the graphene rolled up around the diamond nanoparticles,
-whether that car tyres on a road or a protein flowing through a blood stream.
and crutch tips or ferrules from old car tyres she said. While you have to admire the skill involved it's very time-consuming
most of our drugs take a shot at a tire here and there, but sometimes they miss
and tires their organs one by one until their little bodies cannot go on any more, "they wrote.
#New nanogenerators collect friction energy from rolling tires Team of engineers from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a collaborator from China have developed a new nanogenerator that is able to generate power from friction created by rolling
tires of the car. As with a big part of today automotive technological innovations, it is aimed at efficiency.
The nanogenerator harvests the wasted tire friction energy by relying on the triboelectric effect. It is the electric charge that results from the contact or rubbing together of two dissimilar objects.
Professor Xudong Wang, one of the authors of the study, noted that he friction between the tire
The technology is depending on an electrode integrated into a segment of the tire. When it comes into contact with the ground,
Engineers attached an electrode to the tires of the toy car and watched the LED LIGHTS as the car was rolling forward
ibers are everywhere from your underwear, pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. bbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
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