Modeling of Pitch and Bounce Motions of Single-Passenger Off-Road Vehicles

940274

03/01/1994

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
A four degree of freedom model of a single passenger off-road vehicle (ATV) is presented. A designer may use the model to study the effects of spring stiffnesses, damping coefficients in bump and jounce, tire stiffnesses, center of gravity placement, and vehicle moment of inertia on the vertical bouncing and pitching motion of the sprung and unsprung masses over any terrain profile. In order to isolate the effects of the rider, he is modeled as if in the posting position as a mass concentrated at the foot pegs.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/940274
Pages
12
Citation
Fleniken, G., and Renfroe, D., "Modeling of Pitch and Bounce Motions of Single-Passenger Off-Road Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 940274, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/940274.
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Published
Mar 1, 1994
Product Code
940274
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English