MULTI-PARAMETER LOAD ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS

The dimensions and design of a vehicle depend on its operating profile. The most important factors determining this operating profile are: the driver, the vehicle, the route, the environmental conditions and the load to be carried. If one looks at the large number of influencing factors, it becomes clear that it is impossible to vary all parameters simultaneously and measure and analyze their percentage of effect. In the paper it is attempted to isolate the parameters of the road, the driver, and the payload from the other influencing parameters, and describe their respective effects on the load of a passenger car.

• Corporate Authors:

  Motor Industry Research Association

  Watling Street
  Nuneaton CV10 0TU, Warwickshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Nalepa, E
  • Freber, D
  • Nagel, K D
  • Ohlert, J
• Publication Date: 1988

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive engineering; Load factor; Performance; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle design; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Parameters; Performance analysis; Profiles
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494892
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MIRA-1990/36
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM