Malinova P.Ilieva N.Metodiev V.2024-07-162024-07-162024-07-162024-07-162022-01-011314-79781314-7471SCOPUS_ID:85125249081https://rlib.uctm.edu/handle/123456789/1360An experimental design of model tread compounds for truck tires treads was carried out to test the possibilities for optimizing the ratio between the combination of elastomers (butadiene styrene rubber, isoprene rubber and butadiene rubber) used in their compositions. The experiment was designed using a Scheffe simplex lattice. The target functions, object of the optimization problem, are the main characteristics of the obtained vulcanizates: abrasion, stress at 100 % elongation, stress at 300 % elongation, tensile strength, elongation at break, residual elongation and Shore A hardness. The optimization was performed in the barycentric factor space with limits of variation of all factors from 0 to 1. Since the seven target functions obtain their extreme values at different points, a generalized criterion for optimality is formulated using the desirability function. The composition of the rubber compound at which this function receives its maximum has been established.enArticle