Design and Analysis of an Interconnected Suspension for a Small Off-Road Vehicle

• Autorzy: Minaker B. P. , Yao Z

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/meceng-2017-0001

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper describes the design and multibody dynamic analysis of a mechanically interconnected suspension, as applied to a small off-road vehicle. Interconnected suspensions use some sort of connection between the axles of a vehicle in order improve ride quality or vehicle handling. In principle, the connection may be hydraulic, pneumatic, or mechanical, but for installation in a typical passenger car, a mechanical connection would likely be impractical due to weight and complexity. In this paper, the vehicle in question is the University of Windsor SAE Baja off-road competition vehicle, and novel mechanical design is proposed. A multibody dynamic analysis is performed on the proposed design using the EoM open source multibody software developed by the University of Windsor Vehicle Dynamics and Control research group in order to assess any potential performance improvements.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vehicle dynamics; interconnected suspension; multibody dynamics

PL

dynamika pojazdu; zawieszenie połączone; dynamika układów wieloczłonowych

• Wydawca: Komitet Budowy Maszyn PAN
• Czasopismo: Archive of Mechanical Engineering
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. LXIV, nr 1
• Strony: 5--21
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Minaker B. P.

• Department of Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor ON N9B 3P4, Canada

autor

Yao Z

• Department of Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Windsor ON N9B 3P4, Canada

Bibliografia

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• [9] B.P. Minaker, X. Yang, S. Li. Design optimization of an SAE Baja vehicle using the EoM open source multibody dynamics code. Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, 2014.

Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).