Redesign of a tribological pin-on-disc machine

Sammanfattning: In contradistinction with road transport exhaust particulate matter (PM) emission, non-exhaust PM emission has not decreased substantially in recent years. One source of non-exhaust PM emission is studded tyre-pavement contact. A-state-of-the-art experimental machines must be developed and improved in order to make a contribution to decrease of non-exhaust PM emission consequently improving human health. This thesis carried out at the department of Machine Design at KTH Royal Institute of Technology deals with redesign of the tribometer available at the department premises to mount and test scaled down studded tyre-pavement PM generation. Three concepts of redesigned tribometer were generated and evaluated against each other, out of which one was selected to be designed in detail, manufactured, assembled and tested. Final concept validation was conduction of an experiment with studded and plain tyres running on a granite sample. PM10 and PM0.5 results were collected and analysed and final redesign of the tribometer was assessed.