INFLUENCE OF VEHICLE PARAMETERS ON THE IN-MOTION PERFORMANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES

UNTERSUCHUNG DES EINFLUSSES VON FAHRZEUGPARAMETERN AUF DAS INSTATIONAERE FAHRRERHALTEN VON KRAFTFAHRZEUGEN

The study is concerned with research into the influence of vehicle parameters on vehicle operation. The influence of basic motor vehicle design on in-motion performance was examined, with particular reference to the distribution of mass. A mathematical model was developed which allowed for 18 degrees of freedom and all couplings, suspensions and shock absorbers as non-linear functions. The results calculated from a series of simulated test drives indicate the favourable influence of high front axle weight, low moment of inertia and long wheel base on the in-motion performance of a motor vehicle during the execution by its driver of rapid changes in course. Furthermore it was evident that by using steering effects which change the performance of the stationary vehicle towards an increased under-steering tendency, the response of the vehicle to steering movements is influenced favourably whereas the damping behaviour is impaired. The dynamics of the vehicle response to sudden changes in the steering angle were discussed on the basis of a linear vehicle model with 2 degrees of freedom. /TRRL/

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  Deutsche Kraftfahrtforschung i Strassenverkehrstic

  VDI-Verlag, Postfach 1139
  D-4000 Duesseldorf,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Pauly, A
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 40 p.
• Serial:
  • Deutsche Kraftfahrtforschung u Strassenverkehrstec
  • Issue Number: 248
  • Publisher: VDI Nachrichten

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Construction management; Couplers; Driving; Handling characteristics; Highway curves; Mathematical models; Moments of inertia; Motion; Research reports; Shock absorbers; Simulation; Steering; Studies; Suspensions; Vehicle design; Vehicles; Wheel base
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front
• Old TRIS Terms: Moment of inertia; Motion studies
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 2872: Bend (road); 3666: Construction method; 9025: Front; 1088: Inland waterway; 6473: Mathematical model; 8559: Research report; 9103: Simulation; 1834: Steering (process); 1646: Vehicle handling
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159810
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany
• ISBN: 3181202487
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM