Quote Originally Posted by yeldar2097 View Post
ProblemSolved
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I got once interested in simulating tires, in developing a solver based on the
finite-element method (FEM) to solve the necessary equations. A part from
understanding the mathematical formulation and approximation, which by itself
is a very hard subject, one of most difficult problems lies in accurately modeling
the materials used for a tire. Simulating elastic materials that do also depend
on temperature and which may likely do have a memory effect makes solving those
equations utterly hard, since the so-called material laws, to be supplemented to
the main equations, become non-linear. Simulating real tires by the laws of physics
is still in its infancy. However, it's an very interesting subject.