Originally Posted by
Torque1st
Using the combined gas law:
Due to the nature of the tire we can assume the volume of the tire will be very close to the same with a slight increase in pressure. In other words it may stretch slightly but the tire cords prevent much change. So we will set V1=V2. Even if the volume did increase it would only lower the pressure change with temperature.
Assuming it was a nice brisk morning at 40°F when the tire was filled or 278°Kelvin. Also assuming that the tire is left in a nice hot car at 125°F or 325°Kelvin with an initial round number inflation pressure of 50PSI. The pressure could be converted to pascals but it does not matter here.
This yields a pressure increase in the tire of 8PSI to 58PSI, clearly not enough to blow a tire. Or roughly about 1PSI for every 6°C or 10°F. Please punch thru the calculations yourself.
Pressure or temp conversions can be found here:
http://www.unitsconverter.net/
The reason a tire would blow would be road debris, tire/rim damage, faulty rim, tire/tube mismatch, tire/tube shift due to under-pressure or braking, or UV damage to the tube at the valve stem.
Dang, someone beat me to it. Just remember that your temperature needs to be in an absolute scale. Either kelvin or rankine.