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Effect of Steering-Housing Rubber Bushings on the Handling Responses of a Vehicle
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An investigation of the effect of rack-housing rubber bushings on the handling characteristics of a vehicle is presented using a sophisticated three-dimensional vehicle model based on multibody dynamic analysis method. Previous research on this problem has been limited to a transfer function model for a simplified one- or two-dimensional steering subsystem. This paper uses a multibody modeling approach to find the effects of the steering-system compliance on the complete vehicle system. Sample simulations for circular cornering and pulse steering show that the steering-system compliance is the source of the frequency peak in the yaw rate to hand-wheel angle response function.
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Park, J. and Nikravesh, P., "Effect of Steering-Housing Rubber Bushings on the Handling Responses of a Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 970103, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/970103.Also In
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