Static Ride Analysis
A quasi-static simulation during which the left and right suspension is exercised from jounce to rebound and various suspension parameters are calculated.
Required input
Vehicle parameters:
- Tire static loaded radius (mm)
- Tire vertical spring rate (N/mm)
- Vehicle CG height (mm)
- Wheel base (mm)
- Front braking ratio
- Front drive ratio
- Axle ratio
- Vehicle weight (N)
Suspension and steering travel:
- Initial steering travel (mm/deg)
- Jounce travel (mm)
- Rebound travel (mm)
Task Description
An initial steering input is applied to the model while keeping the wheel center position at design height. This is followed by moving both the left and right suspension to jounce height simultaneously, followed by moving the suspension to rebound height and back to design height.
Output
Reports containing some plots, tabular results, and graphical animation are automatically created.
The following parameters are calculated during the simulation and the results are written
to a text file (sdf.out). The same results are also written into the
request file as user requests.
- Wheel Center Displacement
- mm
- Ground Reaction Force
- N
- Toe-in
- deg
- Steer Angle
- deg
- Camber Angle
- deg
- Caster
- deg
- Kingpin Inclination
- deg
- Scrub Radius
- mm
- Caster Trail
- mm
- Roll Angle
- deg
- Tread Width
- mm
- Tread Change
- mm/m
- Track Width
- mm
- Wheel Center X Stiffness
- N/mm
- Wheel Center Y Stiffness
- N/mm
- Wheel Center Z Stiffness
- N/mm
- Wheel Center XX Stiffness
- N-m/deg
- Wheel Center YY Stiffness
- N-m/deg
- Wheel Center ZZ Stiffness
- N-m/deg
- Parallel Lateral Force Deflection
- mm/kN
- Converging Lateral Force Deflection
- mm/kN
- Parallel Lateral Force Steer
- deg/kN
- Converging Lateral Force Steer
- deg/kN
- Parallel Lateral Force Camber
- deg/kN
- Converging Lateral Force Camber
- deg/kN
- Parallel Aligning Torque Steer
- deg/100N-m
- Converging Aligning Torque Steer
- deg/100N-m
- Longitudinal Force Deflection @ Wheel center
- mm/kN
- Longitudinal Force Deflection @ Tire patch
- mm/kN
- Longitudinal Compliance Steer @ Wheel center
- deg/kN
- Longitudinal Compliance Steer @ Tire patch
- deg/kN
- Longitudinal Caster Compliance @ Wheel center
- deg/kN
- Longitudinal Caster Compliance @ Tire patch
- deg/kN
- Side View Swing Arm Length
- mm
- Side View Swing Arm Angle
- deg
- Side View Swing Arm Fore/Aft Location
- mm
- Side View Swing Arm Vertical Location
- mm
- Front View Swing Arm Length
- mm
- Front View Swing Arm Angle
- deg
- Front View Swing Arm Lateral Location
- mm
- Front View Swing Arm Vertical Location
- mm
- Ride Steer
- deg/m
- Ride Caster
- deg/m
- Ride Camber
- deg/m
- Roll Steer
- %
- Roll Caster
- %
- Roll Camber
- %
- Roll Inclination
- %
- Wheel Rate
- N/mm
- Ride Rate
- N/mm
- Hop Rate
- N/mm
- Suspension Roll Rate
- N-m/deg
- Total Roll Rate
- N-m/deg
- Tramp Rate
- N-m/deg
- Roll Center Height
- mm
- Roll Center Lateral
- mm
- Anti-lift
- %
- Acceleration Lift
- mm/g
- Anti-dive
- %
- Brake Dive
- mm/g
- Tractive Force Steer
- deg/g
- Tractive Force Windup
- deg/g
- Brake Steer
- deg/g
- Spindle Length
- mm
- Spindle Offset
- mm
- Ideal Steer Angle
- deg
- Curb to Curb Diameter 1
- m
- % Ackerman 1
- %
- Ackerman Deviation 1
- deg
- Curb to Curb Diameter 2
- m
- % Ackerman 2
- %
- Ackerman Deviation 2
- deg
- % Ackerman 3
- %
- Curb to Curb Diameter 4
- m
- % Ackerman 4
- %
- Ackerman Deviation 4
- deg