Tires

Tires

A ring-shaped covering fixed around the wheel-rim of an automobile that both protects it and provides a shock-absorbant cushion to increase vehicle performance and speed.

Industry: Automotive; Rubber

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Dual tread compounding

Automotive; Tires

Employs two compound types across the tread, the outside for dry traction and the inside for wet traction.

Extra load

Automotive; Tires

Tyres that are rated to carry a higher load by virtue of having a maximum inflation pressure higher than the standard maximum.

Drift

Automotive; Tires

Drift refers to a vehicle deviating from a straight-line path when no steering input is given. Also called pull.

The sideways acceleration, measured in g's, of an object in curvilinear motion. As a car traverses a curve, centrifugal force acts on it and tries to pull it outward. To counteract this, the tyres ...

Carrying capacity

Automotive; Tires

At a given air pressure, how much weight each tyre is designed to carry. For each tyre size, there is a load inflation table to ensure the inflation pressure used is sufficient for the vehicle axle ...

Cold inflation pressure

Automotive; Tires

The amount of air pressure in a tire, measured in pounds per square inch (psi) before a tyre has built up heat from driving.

Caster

Automotive; Tires

The angle between a line drawn vertically through a wheel's centerline and the axis around which the wheel is steered; improves a car's directional stability and on-center feel.