# Tire Tread Design: Science or Hi-Tech Hokum?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-tread-design-science-or-hi-tech-hokum/518525>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 22, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-tread-design-science-or-hi-tech-hokum/518525 "2009-11-22T15:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-tread-design-science-or-hi-tech-hokum/518525/21 "2009-11-28T04:48:30Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> I find myself in awe of the radiance of your in-depth knowledge and expertise in the field of automotive engineering, tread design, and coupled multiphysics analysis codes using the most advanced techniques in computational fluid dynamics, explicit finite element method with hyperelastic materials, multi-body dynamics simulation, and nonlinear modeling of tribological interfaces. Please, Grandmaster, permit us to bask in the light of your extensive knowledge in this field.
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> Stranger

Are you suggesting every design starts from scratch. There is no backlog of tread designs and testing to work from. Boy that would be hard to do. You guys are special. Reinventing the tire every time must be pretty tough. So you continually invent the wheel. Bravo.

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-tread-design-science-or-hi-tech-hokum/518525/22 "2009-11-28T05:48:35Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Are you suggesting every design starts from scratch.

Nobody said such a thing. Nobody even remotely implied any such thing.

Rather, he was obviously responding to your statement, “With computers every possible permutation of tire design can be done in a week. Tread patterns have been experimented with for decades. There is nothing new.” Are you seriously suggesting that anyone who contests that claim must logically believe that every single design is created entirely from scratch?

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