Master thesis - Modelling of tire wear in heavy vehicles

Job description

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. 

 

Location: Göteborg, Sweden
Time Schedule: Jan 2025- Jun 2025
 

At Volvo Group Trucks Technology (GTT) - Vehicle Engineering - Common Architecture and Shared Technologies (CAST) - Platform Energy, you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry and society at large. Understanding the tire wear mechanism can help reducing tire wear in heavy vehicles which is crucial for several reasons including safety, maintains traction, cost-effectiveness, e.g., lowers replacement costs and improved fuel efficiency, environmental impact, regulatory compliance and meeting legal requirements for tread depth and tire condition. A considerable amount of microplastics entering the ocean come from the rubber in tires which is harmful for fish life and can cause cancer in humans. 

Tire wear is affected by vehicle type and dimensions, transport mission and routes, tire material and design, driving behaviour, axle loads, pressure, temperature, speed, etc. Capturing all these effects can be a difficult task. 

Project Objective: To model and understand how different tires wear in a given vehicle and transport mission. 

Method: Designing a tire wear model which, for example, relates to CDTire model and its parameters developed by Fraunhofer. The method includes to use or to design a finite element-like model of the tire deformation and pressure distribution. That model then can be used to relate tire friction and slip on roads to tire wear.

Available resources:  Models of vehicles, mission and routes in Matlab. Data on wear measurement and experimental tire pressure distribution can potentially be available as well.  

The thesis is recommended for one or two students with a strong background in mechanics and mathematical modelling with good programming skills. Prior experience with programming in Python, vehicle dynamics, finite element method, and simulation is meritorious. 

Contact:

Toheed Ghandriz – Volvo GTT
Email: toheed.ghandriz@volvo.com

Last application date: 31st of October 2024. We look forward to your application! 

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Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities. 

 

Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation.

Job Category:  Technology Engineering

Organization:  Group Trucks Technology

Travel Required:  No Travel Required

Requisition ID:  14582