Segnaliamo soprattutto agli appassionati più "tecnici" il nuovo ed interessante articolo apparso sul blog di Dave Kaemmer: il fondatore di iRacing ci parla infatti del modello matematico dei pneumatici.
Tires are perhaps the least well understood parts of road-going vehicles, despite the fact that they are one of the most studied. Obviously, since they are typically the only part of a car in contact with the ground (if everything is working right), their behavior is critical in determining how a car handles, how well it grips the road, and so ultimately, how fast it can go. It has been said that if horses complained, the pneumatic tire would have been invented in ancient times...