Author: alanp

  • OK. Plan get my brain in gear and add some proper content

    Quite some years back, I had the idea of BusTecPak, so Bus Technology Package. This was a summary of 50+ years, 125+ projects, 60+ countries of automotive technology, spanning from the late 1960’s to just into the 2020’s.Plan A is that now I transfer this content to this blog so it might live a little…

  • Load share – tyre & air?

    There are two wonderful inventions – amongst many others – in the pneumatic tyre and the rolling element bearing. But sticking with the former, what is the load path thru the pneumatic tyre and wheel from the tyre pad to the vehicle? What load share is on the tyre and how much on the pressurised…

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