Question

What are the comparative advantages in deformation when using air in tires rather than having solid rubber wheels?

Answer 1

id say the difference between getting hit in the face by a ballon filled with stinky hot breath, and one filled with concrete :)

Answer 2

Working from a stress analysis perspective, would having solid rubber wheels somehow create plasticity as opposed to elasticity?

Answer 3

Thinking about screw dislocation from rubber crystalline sheets.

Answer 4

Actually, it's easier than that. Can we consider shear energy?

Answer 5

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/41816/why-does-a-tire-need-to-be-filled-with-air

1-This may help, or
2-I see this is where you got the question from