A GENERIC MULTIBODY VEHICLE MODEL FOR SIMULATING HANDLING AND BRAKING

A vehicle system dynamics model is presented that captures the essential braking and handling behaviour of an automobile with independent suspensions on a flat surface. The model, which has 18 degrees of freedom, is described in sufficient detail for an engineer to reproduce it with a multibody simulation program. The model has a simple generic representation of suspension kinematics that can represent the behaviour of most independent suspensions. The generic model is demonstrated using a previously published vehicle description (the IAVSD Iltis multibody landmark) and compared with a detailed multibody model. Close agreement was found between the two models both for eigenvalues and for nonlinear time history responses. (A) For the covering abstract of the symposium see IRRD 882950.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 599-613
  • Serial:
    • Volume: 25

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00729412
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
  • ISBN: 90-265-1474-3
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM