eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 2014-05-07 2 3 54 57 10.12691/ajme-2-3-1 AJME2014231 article Qingzhang Chen chenqz1973@sina.com 1 Jonathan M. Weaver 2 Guangju Xu 2 College of Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, CIT, Suzhou, China College of Engineering & Science, Mechanical Engineering, UDM, Detroit, USA Sudden tire failure (a blowout) is a major cause of traffic accidents, many of them involving fatalities. If the automobile can quickly identify that a blowout has occurred, the braking system can be programmed to carry out braking and stability control to slow down the vehicle steadily. Hence, timely identification of a blowout or severe leakage is a key enabler of using the braking system to provide control and stability enhancements in the event of a tire failure. This work presents an indirect real-time monitoring strategy that combines analysis of tire vibration with effective radius, to indicate that a blowout has occurred. The calibrating and related test results show that the system can detect tire blow-out timely and accurately. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajme/2/3/1/ajme-2-3-1.pdf tire blowout or severe leakage real-time identification tire vibration effective radius test set