tire contact patch Archives - Vehicle Dynamics Institute https://vehicledynamics.com/tag/tire-contact-patch/ Advanced Driving Training Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/vehicledynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-VDI-Logo-Site-Identity.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 tire contact patch Archives - Vehicle Dynamics Institute https://vehicledynamics.com/tag/tire-contact-patch/ 32 32 58971572 The Tire Contact Patch https://vehicledynamics.com/the-tire-contact-patch/ https://vehicledynamics.com/the-tire-contact-patch/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2014 20:22:11 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=340 All vehicles are supported by a cushion of air contained in four flexible rubber tires.  If you could place a car on a glass floor and look at it from below, you would see four patches of rubber, most folks are surprised at the size of these four patches, depending on the vehicle – each patch is a little smaller than a hand.  These are the only points of contact between the vehicle and the road.  Each of these four small patches of rubber is known as the “tire contact patch”

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