This article follows part 1 published yesterday. In sensory evaluation in tire development, onomatopoeia was sometimes used for qualitative evaluation by test drivers in search of the ultimate perfection, and the same phenomenon was sometimes expressed differently by different drivers. In addition, experience and know-how were required to decipher sensory evaluations, and the know-how to derive improvement ideas from evaluation...
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