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Manufacturers are still working on in-tire sensors, such as load sensors, to create the next generation of smart tires. The present work aims at demonstrating that a static tire instrumented with an internal optical fiber allows the wheel load estimation for every wheel angular position. Experiments have been carried out with a static tire loaded with a hydraulic press and instrumented with both an internal optical fiber and an embedded laser. Load estimation is performed both from tire deflection and contact patch length evaluations. For several applied loads from 2800 to 4800 N, optical fiber load estimation is realized with a relative error of 1% to 3%, almost as precisely as that with the embedded laser, but with the advantage of the load estimation regardless of the wheel angular position. In perspective, the developed methodology based on an in-tire optical fiber could be used for continuous wheel load estimation for moving vehicles, benefiting control and on-board safety systems.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21206874","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,17]],"date-time":"2021-10-17T23:25:15Z","timestamp":1634513115000},"page":"6874","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["In-Tire Distributed Optical Fiber (DOF) Sensor for the Load Assessment of Light Vehicles in Static Conditions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7283-2098","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Martin","family":"Fontaine","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"COSYS-SII, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, 44344 Bouguenais, France"},{"name":"CAPTELS Society, 34270 Saint-Mathieu-de-Tr\u00e9viers, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6207-3286","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alex","family":"Coiret","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COSYS-SII, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, 44344 Bouguenais, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7182-909X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julien","family":"Cesbron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UMRAE, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, CEREMA, 44344 Bouguenais, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vincent","family":"Baltazart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COSYS-SII, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, 44344 Bouguenais, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David","family":"B\u00e9taille","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"COSYS-SII, Universit\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel, IFSTTAR, 44344 Bouguenais, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2021, October 08). 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