Tire Force and Moment Processor

Gruening, James; Williams, Keith A.; Hoffmeister, Kurt; Bernard, J. E.

doi:10.4271/960182

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“…The definitions of the symbols are shown in Figure 3, and the physical meanings of the coefficients are explained in Gruening et al (1996). For purposes of simplicity, the aligning moment, camber, roll steer, velocity, and other compliance effects are neglected.…”

Section: Simplified Calspan Tire Modelmentioning

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Derivation and validation of nonlinear governing equations for an analysis of vehicle handling

Yang

Kim

2011

Int.J Automot. Technol.

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Nonlinear governing equations used to analyze the handling of a ground vehicle are derived from the Lagrange equations of motion. The derived equations are coded using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) embedded in Microsoft's Excel Software and simulated in the time domain using the 4th-order Runge-Kutta method. A total of six degrees of freedom are used in the equations; three of these are the directional translation, lateral translation, and yaw of a platform (unsprung) on the base of an inertial ground coordinate, and the other three are the roll, pitch, and yaw of a body (sprung) by a platformfixed coordinate. Four driving torques and four wheel angles of all tires are used as input control parameters. A simplified Calspan tire model is adopted for the generalized forces of the equations. This is a combined model that can be used to obtain tractional (or braking) and side forces using the inputs of the directional and side-slip ratios and the vertical force. The VBA code realized in this study is validated by comparisons with trimmed equilibrium results and the test data cited in published papers. The major characteristics of this study are: (1) the coordinate systems of the equations are mixed with the inertial frame and the platform-fixed frame, and, as a result, almost all types of driving conditions with long mileages can be simulated; (2) vertical movement is eliminated due the focus on the handling analysis; (3) the body-yaw degree of freedom is separated from the platform-yaw degree of freedom; and (4) the programming is performed by VBA, which is rarely used in the vehicle dynamics field.

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Section: Simplified Calspan Tire Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%