ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to provide the causes of premature failure for typical heavy-duty radial tires. Structure and material factors are considered to be the two main factors of high relevance. Tire shoulder endurance is one of the main concerns of tire designers as well as the end users. The separation of the tires shoulder will lead to tire failure and usually causes safety problems of vehicles. This work presents an initial analysis on the cause and effect for a typical heavy-duty radial tire structure. Tire Shoulder Separation is one of the most often seen problems leading to tire failure and usually causes safety problems of vehicles, which is one of the main concerns of tire designer as well as the end users. Structure and material factors are considered to be the two main factors of high relevance.
