Vehicle Ride and Handling

This interactive tool allows the user to try various combinations of steer- and camber-by-roll coefficients for a 3 degree-of-freedom vehicle model, and observe the effect on the yaw gain curve and the value of the understeer coefficient, .

Mass and Inertia

Vehicle curb weight:                                

Total vehicle sprung mass weight :         

Unsprung weight per wheel, front:          

Unsprung weight per wheel, rear:            

Vehicle inertia about z axis:                    

Sprung mass inertial about x axis:           

Geometries

Wheel base:                                         

Track ( front and rear):                        

Distance of CG from front axle (a):    

Distance of CG from rear axle (b):     

Vehicle CG height:                             

Sprung mass CG height:                      

Roll center height ( front/rear):            

Compliances

Tire cornering stiffness (front and rear):

Tire vertical stiffness:                               

Tire camber stiffness (front and rear):      

Front shock absorber rate ( per wheel):    

Rear shock absorber rate ( per wheel):     

Distance between installation point of left and right springs

(front and rear):                                       

Distance between installation point of Left and right shock absorber

(front and rear):                                       

Installation factor for springs and shock absorbers for

front and rear wheels:                              

Requirements

First natural frequency of front suspension:           

First natural frequency of rear suspension:             

Anti-roll-bar on front axle, Roll Gain:           

Front Suspension Stiffness,  

Rear Suspension Stiffness,

Overall Torsional Stiffness,  

Overall Torsional Damping,

Anti Roll-Bar Torsional Stiffness,  

Understeer/Oversteer Calculation,

 km/h   m/s

deg

seconds

Simulation Results