Literature review of tire-pavement interaction noise and reduction approaches

Abstract

Tire-pavement interaction noise (TPIN) dominates for passenger vehicles with the speed of above 40 km/h and for trucks with the speed of 70 km/h. With the prevailing trend of electric vehicles, TPIN can become more NVH (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness) issue in the future. In this paper, the vehicle noise and tire noise were briefly reviewed in the background introduction. Then the motivation of and approaches to reducing tire noise was reviewed from open literature. It was found that the tire industry and the pavement industry have been working individually on designing and building quiet tire and quiet pavement for many decades. However, the interaction between tire and pavement was less investigated. The future research on reducing TPIN can be the combined consideration of both tire and pavement characteristics while maintaining other performances, such as traction, handling, rolling resistance, hydroplaning, and durability.