Accession Number:

ADA499661

Title:

Vehicle Tire and Wheel Creation in BRL-CAD

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Apr-Jun 2008

Corporate Author:

QUANTUM RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL INC BEL AIR MD

Personal Author(s):

• Yapp, Clifford

Report Date:

2009-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Vehicle wheels are often approximated in BRL-CAD models with tori, cylinders, or other basic geometric shapes that represent a very rough visual and geometric approximation of a tirewheel combination. The tire modeling tool written for BRL-CAD provides users with the ability to rapidly generate complex tire and wheel structures with standard dimensional input information.

Descriptors:

• *TIRES
• *COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
• VEHICLES
• GEOMETRIC FORMS
• WHEELS
• MODELS
• SIZES(DIMENSIONS)
• SHAPE

Subject Categories:

• Surface Transportation and Equipment
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE