A Study on the Effect of the Toe Geometry on the Directional Stability of Mini-bus Vehicle

토우 궤적 변화에 의한 미니 버스 차량의 방향 안정성 연구

  • 이희범 (정회원, 현대자동차 상용제품개발연구소) ;
  • 안찬우 (정회원, 동아대학교 기계공학과)
  • Published : 1998.07.01

Abstract

In this paper, We discuss the directional stability of a Mini-bus with varying suspension design parameters. We analyzed the vehicle behavior during the cornering in a transient steering condition. We made a vehicle model by use of DADS, which is dynamic analysis software, in order to carry out many cases of simulation with varying design parameters. The effect of toe-geometry change to vehicle stability is evaluated by computer simulation and the actual test. In order to reduce the under steer characteristics of a mini-bus, the amount of toe geometry change should be less than current value.

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