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Relaxation length
Property of pneumatic tires
Property of pneumatic tires
Relaxation length is a property of pneumatic tires that describes the delay between when a slip angle is introduced and when the cornering force reaches its steady-state value.{{cite book It is also described as the distance that a tire rolls before the lateral force builds up to 63% of its steady-state value.{{cite book It can be calculated as the ratio of cornering stiffness over the lateral stiffness, where cornering stiffness is the ratio of cornering force over slip angle, and lateral stiffness is the ratio of lateral force over lateral displacement.
Values
Pacejka gives a rule of thumb that "at nominal vertical load the relaxation length is of the order of magnitude of the wheel radius". Relaxations lengths have been found to be between 0.12 and 0.45 meters, with higher values corresponding to higher velocities and heavier loads. Tests on motorcycle tires have found that the ratio of cornering stiffness over lateral stiffness produces values 20-25% higher than those calculated as 63% of the steady state-value.{{cite web
Importance
A tire's relaxation length controls how much the tire will contribute to speed wobble.{{cite web |url-status = dead
References
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