Vehicle Ride and Handling
Vehicle Ride and Handling
Vehicle Ride and Handling
Unsprung weight per wheel, front and rear (kg): munsprungF d 2$25 : munsprungR d 2$25 :
Front shock absorber rate ( per wheel) = 800 N/m/s: Cdf d 800 :
Rear shock absorber rate ( per wheel) = 1000 N/m/s: Cdr d 1000 :
Distance between installation point of Left and right springs (front and rear) = 1.3 m: Ts d 1.3 :
Distance between installation point of Left and right shock absorber (front and rear)= 1.3 m: Td d 1.3 :
Installation factor for springs and shock absorbers for front and rear wheels = 1:
Requirements
o The first natural frequency of front suspension (Hz)
FnFront d 1.0 :
ωnFront d FnFront$2 π = 6.283185308
FnRear d 1.2 :
Consider quarter car model, natural frequency of sprung mass is given by:
ks
OmegaN d ωn = :
ms
where ms is the sprung mass.
Hence, the spring stiffness per wheel at the rear to give the required natural frequency:
msR
ksR d solve eval OmegaN, ωn = ωnRear, ms = , ks = 13359.49652
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Φss ms$h
RollGain d = :
ay kt Kms$g$h
Rgain$π
Roll gain in rad/m/s^2: Rgain d = 0.007116531100
180$g
Therefore the equivalent torsional stiffness of the anti-roll bar is given by:
1 2 1 2
solve Kt = $T $k C $Ts $ksR CKtARBf, KtARBf = 35657.02764
2 s sF 2
1 1
TorsionalDamping d ct = T 2$c C TcsR2$csR :
2 csF sF 2
Ct d eval rhs TorsionalDamping , TcsF = Td, TcsR = Td, csF = Cdf, csR = Cdr = 1521.000000
CγF CγR
ms$hroll$ KCBRF$ KKCBRR$
ms$hroll$ KSBRF KKSBRR CαF CαR Kmc a$CαF Kb$CαR
Kus3DOF d C C :
Kt Kms$g$hroll Kt Kmsg$hroll 2$Lwb$CαF$CαR
2 2
YawGain dK 2. u t CαF CαR 981. a hroll ms C981. b hroll ms K100. a kt K100. b kt 200. KSBRF u t hroll ms a CαF CαR K200. KCBRR u t hroll ms b CγR CαF
2 2 2 2
K200. KSBRR u t hroll ms b CαR CαF K200. CαF a CγR KCBRR u t hroll ms K200. CαF a KSBRR u t hroll ms CαR C200. CαR b CγF KCBRF u t hroll ms
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C200. CαR b KSBRF u t hroll ms CαF C200. a kt CαF CαR C200. b kt CαF CαR K100. CαF a u t kt mc C400. CαF a b kt CαR C100. CαR b u t kt mc
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K1962. a hroll ms CαF CαR K1962. b hroll ms CαF CαR C200. KCBRF u t hroll ms a CγF CαR C981. CαF a u t hroll mc ms K3924. CαF a b hroll ms CαR
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K981. CαR b u t hroll mc ms :
Vehicle Parameters
CarParams d a = aCG, b = bCG, lwb = Lwb, mc = mcurb, ms = msprung, hroll = hCG KhRC, Izz = Iz, Ixx = Ix, ct = Ct, kt = Kt
a = 1.2, b = 1.3, lwb = 2.5, mc = 1000, ms = 900, hroll = 0.4, Izz = 2000, Ixx = 750, ct = 1521.000000, kt = 54118.04372 (1.1
TireParams d CαF = 2 Cα, CαR = 2 Cα, CγF = 2 Cγ, CγR = 2 Cγ
CαF = 50000, CαR = 50000, CγF = 10000, CγR = 10000 (1.2
Neutral-Steer Response
The vehicle's steering response is determined to be "neutral" when Kus3DOF = 0, so keeping all but one of the roll parameters constant, it is possible to determine the value
of a roll parameter (in this case, KSBRF) to provide a neutral response. This can then be used to plot with other steering responses to provide a guideline as to how far from
neutral the response is.
KNeutralSBRF d solve eval Kus3DOF = 0, op CarParams , op TireParams , KSBRR = 0.1, KCBRF = 1, KCBRR = 0.1 , KSBRF
K0.07998875854 (1
NeutralParams d KSCBRF = 0, KSCBRR = 0, KSBRR = 0.1, KCBRF = 1, KCBRR = 0.1, KSBRF = KNeutralSBRF
KSCBRF = 0, KSCBRR = 0, KSBRR = 0.1, KCBRF = 1, KCBRR = 0.1, KSBRF = K0.07998875854 (2
YawGain3DOFNeutral d plot eval YawGain, op CarParams , op TireParams , op NeutralParams , u = 0 ..50, colour = black, thickness = 2, linestyle = dash,
legend = "3 DOF Neutral" :
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3 DOF Neutral
This interactive tool allows the user to try various combinations of steer- and camber-by-roll coefficients and observe the effect on the yaw gain curve and the value of the
understeer coefficient, Kus.