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I Evans1
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Citation I Evans 1954 Br. J. Appl. Phys. 5 187
DOI 10.1088/0508-3443/5/5/307
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The rolling resistance of a wheel with a solid rubber tyre, running on a rigid plane surface, is calculated on the assumption that it is due to hysteresis losses in cyclic deformation of the rubber. The results and certain other deductions from the theory are in reasonably good agreement with experimental observations.