There are three types of adhesion difficulties faced by the Babylon Tyre manufactured: bonding the inner liner to the fabric cord, bonding the tread to the breaker bandage, and bonding the sidewall to the bead apex. We have investigated the adhesion between layers of tyre by using maleic anhydride (MA) in an elastomer while using phenolic resin, resorcinol, or novolak in another elastomer to un...

Styrene Butadiene Rubbers (SBRs) are among the most useful synthetic rubbers which can be produced by two different methods of polymerization: emulsion and solution. These two polymerization methods lead to different final properties. In general, SBRs produced by the solution method (S-SBRs) have narrower Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD), higher content of cis-1,4 structure and lower glass t...

Much work by many researchers and developers [1][2][6] over the last century has developed a vast body of knowledge in the areas of locomotion utilizing wheels, legs, tracks, etc. for applications from research to realworld applications. This paper addresses a novel development of a steerable monotread, dubbed AURORA (Advanced Urban RObot for Reconnaissance and Assessment), proving that a singl...

A finite element modeling of tire using Ansys is used to analyze the free vibration of radial pneumatic tires. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of pneumatic tires are investigated. The effects of some parameters such inflation pressure, tread pattern, ply-angles and thickness of belts on the natural frequency of tires are investigated. Keywords— natural frequency, inflation pressure, tre...