A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE STATIC AND DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF THE AUTOMOBILE TIRE by Prashant D. Parikh, B. of Eng., M.S. in M.E, A DISSERTATION IN MECR^NICAL ENGINEERING Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved Accepted ^ hiy, 1977