Constant Radius Simulation
Example postprocessed Output (10.1 Version)
================================================ = ADAMS/Chassis CONSTANT RADIUS TEST RESULTS = ================================================ Title: Vehicle Name Requester: user Date: 2000-02-22, adamspost_Windows_NT(10.1) Filename: vehicle.req *** INITIAL CONDITIONS *** Left Front Tire Load = 5040.16 N Right Front Tire Load = 5086.20 N Left Rear Tire Load = 4025.91 N Right Rear Tire Load = 4055.06 N Front Axle Load = 10126.36 N Rear Axle Load = 8080.97 N Total Vehicle Weight = 18207.33 N Weight Distribution = 55.62 % Front Initial Vehicle Velocity = 0.00 kph Initial radius of turn = 31072.15 mm *** LINEAR PERFORMANCE GAINS *** Understeer Gradient = 0.103 deg/g Slip Angle Understeer Gradient = 0.621 deg/g Roll Gradient = 4.718 deg/g Body-on-Chassis Roll Gradient = 3.567 deg/g Sideslip Gradient = 3.287 deg/g Steering Sensitivity = 4.016 g/100 deg SWA Lateral Load Transfer Dist. = 53.094 % Front Roll Couple Distribution = 1.150 Front Cornering Compliance = 4.646 deg/g Rear Cornering Compliance = 3.303 deg/g Linear Understeer Range = 0.000 g *** UNDERSTEER BUDGET *** Front Weight and Tires = 4.31 deg/g Rear Weight and Tires = -3.49 deg/g Front Roll Steer = 0.00 deg/g Rear Roll Steer = 0.05 deg/g Front Suspension Compliance = 0.51 deg/g Rear Suspension Compliance = 0.11 deg/g Upstream Steering System = -0.13 deg/g --------------------------- Front Subtotal = 4.68 deg/g Rear Subtotal = -3.33 deg/g Total Understeer = 1.35 deg/g ^L ================================================ = ADAMS/Chassis CONSTANT RADIUS TEST RESULTS = ================================================ Title: Vehicle Name Requester: user Date: 2000-02-22, adamspost_Windows_NT(10.1) Filename: vehicle.req *** HANDLING VARIABLES *** Steer Steering Wheel Roll Yaw Side Slip Angle Torque Angle Rate Angle (deg) (N-mm) (deg) (deg/sec) (deg) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 0.10 g = 89.20 1536.99 0.475 10.799 -2.677 0.20 g = 91.55 1775.35 0.942 14.971 -2.364 0.30 g = 94.08 1981.89 1.414 18.208 -2.031 0.40 g = 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 *** COMPLIANCE AND TRANS LOADS *** Frt Sideslip Rear Sideslip Frt Load Rear Load Understeer Angle Angle Trans Trans (deg/g) (deg) (deg) ( N ) ( N ) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 0.10 g = -3.571 -0.1 0.3 712.2 610.3 0.20 g = 0.154 0.4 0.6 1419.3 1228.6 0.30 g = 0.929 0.8 0.9 2119.6 1861.8 0.40 g = 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0