Three-Wheeled ATV A No-Suspension Rigid Rider System, Part II: Applications Handling and Ride Dept. of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

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Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Tan, Teong Eng, author.

Conference Name:

1984 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition (1984-09-10 : Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1984

Summary:

This paper is the second in a series on three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles and investigates the handling and ride characteristics of the six degrees-of-freedom mathematical model of a vehicle/rigid-rider system with no suspension. This vehicle/rider system was simulated over three different bump profiles of rectangular, parabolic and sinusoidal shapes. The results show that a light vehicle/rider system equipped with a set of stiff tires has the poorest handling and ride characteristics whereas a heavy vehicle/rider system equipped with a set of soft tires has the best handling and ride characteristics. It was also shown that, for the particular profiles selected, a longer ramp-like bump profile disturbed the vehicle/rider sytems significantly more than a shorter length bump profile

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841059

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