OPTIMIZING RIDE COMFORT

BY USING ANALOG COMPUTERS TO SOLVE THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF MODELS REPRESENTING VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, OR BY TESTING VEHICLES ON ROADS OR DEVICES THAT SIMULATE ROAD CONDITIONS, RIDE COMFORT CAN BE IMPROVED. THE FIRST ARTICLE PRESENTS THE BASIC THEORETICAL APPROACH; PART TWO DESCRIBES THE EFFECTS OF THE ENGINE MASS AND GIVES SOME RESULTS OBTAINED ON THE SIMULATOR. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 61, No 3, PP 26-28
• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bruns, H J
  • Ronitz, R
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Automobile Engineer
  • Publisher: IPC Transport Press, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Information processing; Mathematical models; Riding qualities; Simulation; Testing; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223512
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 12 1971 12:00AM