Aircraft Radial Tire: A pneumatic tire in which the ply cords extend to the beads and are laid substantially at 90 degrees to the centerline of the tire. Additional stabilization is provided by essentially inextensible belting in the tread area.
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Aircraft Tire Safety Cage: A reinforced structure that has been specifically designed to protect service personnel from the effects of any explosive event that may occur during the pressurization of a tire/wheel assembly.
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Aircraft Tire Separation: Failure of adhesion between components or tearing within a single tire component.
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Aircraft Tire Sidewall Vents: Specific perforations in the lower sidewalls of tubeless tires, usually located above the rim centering rib, and defined by paint marks. These perforations release detrimental internal casing pressure.
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Aircraft Tire Sidewall: The rubber side area of the tire located between the shoulder and the beads that covers the underlying structure and protects the carcass from damage.
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Aircraft Tire Transverse Crack: A crack at an angle that is not parallel to the principle direction of the outer ply, breaker, or belt.
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Aircraft Tire Tread: The expendable rubber wearing surface of any pneumatic tire. It contains the groove pattern designed to facilitate water removal from the contact patch, and may, or may not, possess integral fabric materials.
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Aircraft Tire Undercutting: A rubber fracture that progresses from the tread surface, or in a groove, in a direction parallel to the ply structure.
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Aircraft Tire Flatspotting:
This term describes two conditions:
(1) A localized accelerated wear condition associated with landings.
(2) A temporary or permanent “out-of-round” condition resulting from a loaded hot tire having not rotated while cooling to the ambient temperature. This condition is most prevalent on bias nylon tires due to the “plastic memory” of the nylon cords.
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Aircraft Tire Casing: The structural part of a tire.
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