Mr. Makoto Ida
Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan
Rubber is interesting materials having a lot of unique characteristics. And it may be said that most of particularly dynamic performance of the vehicles are established by the characteristic of these functional materials. Therefore, based on some examples, the unexpected characteristics of these materials and the interesting phenomena are introduced from the viewpoint of automobile research and development. With that in mind, the future and possibility of the rubber are surveyed.