Application of Neutron Techniques for Development of Advanced Tire Materials

Abstract

With increasing concern, and safety consciousness in the global environment, we have been working to develop fuel efficient tire required to achieve two contrary objectives: low fuel consumption performance and high level grip performance. As a contribution to environmental protection, we have focused on the resource savings, and promoted the development of technology of simultaneously improving low fuel consumption performance, grip performance, and wear resistance, which are contradictory to each other. We promoted the combining of J-PARC MLF, SPring-8 and K computer, and achieved the development of new materials to improving tire performances.