Using a quarter-vehicle multi-body model to estimate the service loads of a suspension arm for durability calculations

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Haiba, M ^a   Barton, D C ^a   Brooks, P C ^a   Levesley, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durability; Multi body system simulation; Quarter vehicle; Tyre modelling; Vehicle modelling; Virtual prototype

Indexed keywords

BUSHINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURABILITY; DYNAMIC LOADS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; STRESSES; TIRES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTIBODY SYSTEM SIMULATION; QUARTER VEHICLE MODEL; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0141852000     PISSN: 14644193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/146441903321898610     Document Type: Article

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