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Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications

Design and Testing of Self-inflating Tyres for Passenger Car Using Peristaltic Pump Principle

  1. Kumaresan T
  2. V. Mohan Sivakumar
  3. V. V. Senthil Kumar
  4. S. Subhash Chander
  5. S. Sowmya
  6. S. S. Ashok Kumar
  7. D. Paneer Selvam
  8. M. Rishikesan Marimuthu

Abstract

One of the major issues in today’s automotive sector is under-inflated tyres. In this category at least a single tyre in 27% of passenger’s cars and 33% of light trucks and SUV faces under-inflation by more than 25%, finally concludes with 4.69 billion liter of fuel wasted per year. Under-inflation and over-inflation conditions also affect the safety, fuel economy, tyre longevity, environmental and driving performance. One of the solutions to tackle this issue is self-inflating tyres (SIT). SIT concept is designed and tested in five seat passenger car. The principle of peristaltic pump is followed in the SIT investigation.

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