Measuring service life and evaluating the quality of solid tires

The objective of this research is to propose procedures for measuring service life and evaluating the quality of locally made and used solid tires in Thailand. The solid tires were stressed and rotated until blowout on a drum-like test apparatus which is designed, constructed by the authors and equipped with laboratory instrumentation. Solid tires from five different manufacturers were selected for testing. We measured service life, length of time to tire failure, at three different loading amplitudes and three different speeds on the testing drum. The service life of all specimens was studied and compared to determine the possibility of using service life to evaluate the quality of a solid tire.