Modeling Steady-State Suspension Kinematics and Vehicle Dynamics of Road Racing Cars - Part II: Examples

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Crahan, Thomas C., author.

Conference Name:

Motorsports Engineering Conference & Expostion (1994-12-05 : Dearborn, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1994

Summary:

The methods and equations presented in Part I (SAE Paper #942505) were used to create a steady-state vehicle simulation program which runs on a personal computer. This program models the kinematic and dynamic behavior of road racing vehicles which use unequal length A arm suspensions. It is capable of modeling the outboard spring, rocker-arm, pull-rod and push-rod suspension types commonly found in road racing vehicles. Steady-state reactions to lateral, longitudinal and vertical accelerations are calculated for a vehicle, based on its basic design specifications.Sample designs for a CART Indy car, IMSA GTS car and two properly and poorly designed Formula Fords are provided along with their computer generated modeling results

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Publisher Number:

942506

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license