The key goal of the following diploma thesis is to evaluate influence of the air pressure in the car tires on the driving dynamic, stability and comfort. The first part is dedicated to the theory of the driving dynamic, stability, tire parameters and tire inflation. Next practical part is focused on the drivers’ knowledge about the correct tire inflation and follows with the measurements and evaluation of the influence of the tire inflation on the driving characteristics, riding comfort and its comparison. These influences are summarized and followed up by the recommendations for the drivers and also the expert activities.

This thesis is aimed for rating condition of used tires and pressure in the tires and final results of breaking mechanism and mainly breaking distance. In the theory part is an explenation how the breaking process works. Other things this thesis is about are factors which affects breaking distance and most advanced electronic breaking systems. The end of the teoretical part is aimed for possibility of determinating breaking distance in offroad conditions, and also specialized testing rooms. Goal of practical part is to measure in laboratory conditions on vehicle with following results of breaking distance on booth sets of tires with different depth of the pattern and pressure in tires.

Several types of discrepancies have been examined between CFD simulations, wind tunnel measurements and real world conditions. The results of different wheel rotation methods show that while stationary approaches can often substitute real unsteady wheel rotation, they can also be very sensitive to the exact angular positioning of wheel rims. Using both measured and computed flow fields, the lower part of wheel wake was identified as a key area, showing differences between rotation methods and sources of simulation errors in general. It was also shown that the level of detail in tyre geometry and its deformation near contact patch do not have a large impact on accuracy. Due to the absence of tyre rotation, the tyre sidewall was identified as an important place of flow separation with large effect on flow field and forces. Angle of attack study confirmed that assessing purely straight-line drag causes its under prediction compared to real-world values. This judgement would however benefit from obtaining data in more adverse conditions compared to those currently available. Finally, tyre radial expansion was investigated, causing a drop in drag with increasing vehicle velocity and altering the flow around the rear bodywork. Ignoring this effect can therefore negatively influence the aerodynamic development of a vehicle.

This thesis describes the design of devices that will measure the directional characteristics of the tires. The first step is to analyze the directional characteristics and methods of measurement. The following equipment design, which should be designed to function while it was cheapest. The device is designed as a trailer towing vehicle. It also includes analysis of individual plant components important to measure those variables.

This paper deals with the current world-wide problem of excessive production of tires, especially in the context of emerging high-volume waste after the end of their life. It aims to map the possibilities of how to dispose of old tires and to assess their applicability in practice. Another task is to compare the tire production process with how the tires are treated as a waste product in the Czech Republic over the last nine years. Finally, it is discussed tire fires in the Czech Republic between 2006-2011, which have been dangerous for local residents and the environment. Statistics of production of used tires and treatment with them have shown that in recent years there has been a large increase in both the production of tires, as well as methods and ways to effectively get rid of them once they become waste. The next section outlines the methods which the loading and removal of tires occur, and which should be avoided in the future. The last part contains statistics on tire fires in the last 6 years in the Czech Republic and an evaluation of the most endangered sites and the most common causes of these fires.

This master‘s thesis describes problematics of mathematical models of tires for computer simulations. The goal of this thesis is to depict currently used models of tires and to compare them. Thesis describes brush type models, Fiala, Magic Formula (Pacejka), FTire, UA-Gim, 521 and DELFT. Those models are compared to each other by simulations carried out in software MSC ADAMS Car. The results are shown in figures with commentary and evaluation. This thesis serves as introduction to problematics of currently used mathematical models of tire in computer simulations.

This thesis deals with proposal of business plan for making an electronic shop with tyres. Parts of the business plan are business, marketing, organizational and financial plans and politics of risks. Source materials for the business plan are processed analyses of internal and external environment of the company in analytical part of the thesis.

It is the tyre that ensures the interaction between a wheel and road surface and it is the the tyre which also acts as a primary cushioning. Its construction, features and condition highly influence driving properties of a car and thus passenger safety as well. In motorsports the tyre is a key part of the vehicle and therefore it is necessary to make use of its complete potential for reaching the best results. The aim of this thesis is a device construction suitable for tyre parameter and their characteristics measurement. The next task is to design a measuring system for tyre pressure and temperature monitoring. With using of these devices a few real-tyre measurements and subsequent result evaluation will be done. The output of the thesis is an overview of construction details, overview of selected tyre parameters, design and drawing documentation of multipurpose measuring device and the results of my measurements.

This master’s thesis is concerned of ride comfort. It uses MBS simulation software MSC Adams, especially its Car module. It contains simulations of ride over the road with obstacles that represent the everyday conditions in real traffic. The main area of focus is to find acceleration data that are present on the driver’s seat and co-driver’s seat in relation on specific suspension settings which affect the ride comfort.

This thesis presents a comparison of different methods for measuring road surface skid resistance and an assessment of whether there is a functional dependency in between measurement results of these methods. It consists of a description of the physical quantities, which are measured by these methods and equipment used for these measurements. The work includes the measurement and comparison of measurement outputs with each other. Among the measurement methods there can be seen similar development of their values, with two exceptions there is similar difference between the results of the measurement methods. When comparing the results XL Meter instrument seemed more accurate than the RaceLogic due to its higher frequency of data recording. By using numerical method of comparison between XL Meter device and multipurpose device TRT there was a constant by which the results differed from each instrument, with value of 0,35, using the method of interspacing the resulting differences of values by a line, the resulting constant by which the results differed between the devices had the value of 0,33.