contact patch

基本解释

It is assumed that the material loss unit area of the contact patch is proportional to the frictional work density that determines the wear depth of the rail running surface.
轮轨材料摩擦磨损计算模型假设材料单位面积磨损量正比于轮轨接触面摩擦功密度。
Braking Bag recognizes that the limit to a car's ability to brake in an emergency is the available friction of the scant few square inches of tire contact patch at each corner of the car.
奔驰的防滑气囊的出现让人们意识到，汽车的紧急刹车能力受限于轮胎与地面间极其有限的摩擦面积。
The distribution of the tire side force was obtained by using geometric deformation of contact patch of cornering tires and the principle of modeling tire with experimental modal parameters.
对轮胎进行侧向激振试验得到轮胎的侧向模态参数，依据轮胎侧偏时印迹的几何变形及模态参数建模的思想，得到了侧向力分布。

"If you have more weight, you have a better contact patch to get moving, but then you have that much more weight to stop, " he explains.
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