DYNAMICAL MODEL OF A FORMULA SAE PROTOTYPE Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola Politécnica, Departamento de Engenharia MecânicaCentro de Tecnologia, Bloco G, sala 20, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP 21945-970

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Castro Pinto, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fernando A. N., author.

Conference Name:

SAE Brasil 2009 Congress and Exhibit (2009-10-06 : Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2009

Summary:

Race cars, such as the Formula SAE competition prototypes, are high performance vehicles which demands a thorough understanding of their dynamics in order to be adequately designed. Among the critical components the front and rear suspensions play a critical role in driveability and overall performance. This work presents a complete dynamical model of the entire vehicle regarding its dynamical behavior in curves. The tyres are modeled in a simplified way but taking into consideration their rigidity and friction coefficients. Based on the proposed model parameter variations are done, in order to identify optimal values for the suspension geometry but also to provide a better insight in the design process as well. With the built prototype measurements are taken in order to verify the model

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Publisher Number:

2009-36-0146

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Restricted for use by site license