Trailing axles, otherwise known as tag axles, are utilized in many states to allow heavy duty dump trucks and cement trucks to maximize their capacity. The trailing axle is an additional axle mounted on an arm on the rear of the truck that can be raised and lowered. When lowered, the axle extends the overall wheelbase of the vehicle and increases the total number of axles, thereby allowing for additional load to be carried without exceeding load-restriction regulations.There are multiple manufactures of trailing axles that utilize different suspension designs. One design uses an articulating axle that is mounted to the framework that lowers it. In this study, the sensitivity of this design to tire blowout on one of the trailing axle tires is studied. Testing was conducted that involved initiating a sudden air-loss event by creating a hole in the sidewall of the tire. The handling response of the vehicle was documented with on-board instrumentation and on-board and off-board video.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Heavy Truck Stability with a Trailing Axle Tire Blowout


    Additional title:

    Sae Int. J. Commer. Veh


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE 2012 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2012



    Publication date :

    2012-04-16


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Heavy truck stability with a trailing axle tire blowout

    Larson,R. / Cuadrado,J. / Exponent,US | Automotive engineering | 2012


    Heavy Truck Stability with a Trailing Axle Tire Blowout

    Larson, R. / Cuadrado, J. / Society of Automotive Engineers | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012


    A axle apparatus for trailing truck

    MIN SANG KYU | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access

    Heavy truck tire tread and heavy truck tire

    ABAROTIN VICTOR | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    HEAVY TRUCK TIRE TREAD AND HEAVY TRUCK TIRE

    VOSS STEFAN | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access