Tire Society announces 2021 call for papers

The 40th annual Tire Society Conference on Tire Science and Technology will again be held virtually this year, from 30 August to 3 September 2021. This year’s theme is “The Virtual Tire” and many conference papers each year are chosen for publication in the critically reviewed Journal of Tire Science and Technology, published quarterly by The Tire Society.

The heart of the conference are the technical papers, presented by the authors, which is why the Tire Society has announced its 2021 Call for Papers. Abstracts will be considered until 30 April on topics including: tyre performance and vehicle systems, tyre materials, tyre/road interaction, emerging technology and trends, data science, and virtual design. Full-time university students are invited to submit their research, to compete for a cash prize. Original presenters will answer questions live, and, in view of the virtual nature, the conference will be held during the morning hours US Eastern Time, to facilitate global attendance. As the Tire Society will not be incurring the usual expenses of its in-person conference, the registration fee will remain economical.

According to the organisers, virtual attendees can expect “the same significant content and high quality as has been the norm over the years, with original works on tyre technology, a keynote address from an industry leader, plenary lectures of high technical merit, and a vibrant panel discussion.”

The 2021 program features a plenary lecture from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Oertel, Professor at TH Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences. He will speak on the topic: “Virtual Tires: Requirements, Fields of Application and Ways of Implementation”. Professor Oertel’s areas of research include: tyre mechanics including the development of the tyre model family RMOD-K, vehicle system dynamics including tyre models and full
vehicle multibody simulations, tyre testing and the tyre property lab at TH Brandenburg, and virtual tyre modelling including the development of a finite element and database-based system.