Abstract
The International Tyre Colloquium has a successful history in discussing the latest progress in the understanding and simulation of tyre-road-vehicle interactions. The first Tyre Colloquium was organised by Prof Pacejka in 1991 (Delft), the second one was in Berlin in 1997, organised by Prof Böhm and Prof Willumeit, and the third one was in Vienna in 2004, organised by Prof Lugner and Prof Plöchl. In line with the tradition, the 4th Tyre Colloquium was focused on topics related to modelling of tyres for vehicle dynamics analysis including: • Tyre measurements and measurement techniques • Tyre models • Application of tyre models to vehicle dynamics • Determination of tyre model parameters • Measurement and modelling of rubber friction • Tyre-road contact • Evaluation and verification of tyre models • Tyre design features and their consequences for the tyre behaviour