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The Analysis of Steady-State Cornering for Vehicles with Adjustable Steering Geometry
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Haung, Liang-Hsiung
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of steering geometry on steady-state cornering for vehicles, and to propose an adjustable steering mechanism capable of adjusting its steering geometry for improving the handling performance. This paper presents a mathematical modeling for steady-state cornering with Matlab program, and uses Newton-Raphson Method to find the solution of steady-state cornering. A graphical user interface of the simulation program is constructed to analyze the effect of steering geometry with different vehicle speed and weight distribution. Further, an adjustable steering mechanism model focus on steering wheel angle, steer angle and camber is derived. Finally, this paper proposes 4 ways to adjust the steering mechanism, and then discuss the performance of the proposed adjustable steering system for vehicles. The result can be the previous studies of developing a new steering system with adjustable steering geometry.
Subjects
steady-state cornering
steering system
Ackerman steering geometry
numerical analysis
Type
thesis
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