Cord load characteristics in bias and belted-bias tires. Paper presented at the Mid-Year Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 19-23, 1969.

Two improved versions of a recently developed miniature force transducer were used to measure cord loads at the crown, shoulder, and sidewall of bias and belted-bias automobile tires under different testing conditions. As a transducer at a given location passes through the footprint, a '' basic shape '' for the cord force pattern is generated for straight ahead rolling and cornering.