Tire Pressure/Contact Area/Weight
If you inflate a tire to 50 psig. If the contact patch of the tire is 6" x 12" (74 inches square). Is the weight on the tire 3700#? :h
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msiminoff wrote:
......and if that is the pressure inside your tire then 50 is also the average PSI on the contact patch.
Cheers,
-Mark
Sorry, Mark, that is incorrect. The inflation pressure doesn't equal the average contact pressure - except by coincidence.
I talk about that here:
Barry's Tire Tech - Air or Tire?
