contact patch

You would find that your contact patch did not get four times bigger.

The contact patch is the only connection between the road and the vehicle.

The larger the inflation pressure, the smaller the contact patch.

More force needed to change steering angle due to greater mass and longer contact patch.

A good starting point for this is 30 mm behind the nominal contact patch.

As you move toward the center of the contact patch, more and more weight is supported.

"There is a contact patch on the side table.

Learn about tires, tire pressure, and a tire's contact patch.

If you were looking up at a car through a glass road, you could measure the size of the contact patch.

They have more of a triangular form, which in turn gives a larger contact patch while leaned over.

The flat spot on the bottom where the tire meets the road is called the contact patch.

The major forces that accelerate a vehicle occur at the tires' contact patches.

That means that the contact patch for each tire will be about 4.75 inches long.

The contact patch is much smaller than for pneumatic rubber tires.

The longer and thinner the contact patch, the less likely a tire will aquaplane.

The larger the load on the tire, the larger the contact patch.

If you go outside and measure the size of the contact patch, you will probably find that it is actually even bigger than this.

There is a limited amount of force the contact patch can transmit before the tire begins to slide.

At each tire contact patch there are ground reaction forces with both horizontal and vertical components.

This contact patch rebounds to its original shape once it is no longer in contact with the ground.

Low pressure is desirable because it increases contact patch area which can increase traction on soft surfaces.

One item that is often raised is tire contact patch size and shape.

A golf ball only has but so much surface area and contact patch, anything else is either waste(d) or uncivilized.

The tire contact patch is readily reduced by both over-and-under inflation.

The contact patch is very small and therefore there is very little grip.