Heavy vehicle pitch dynamics and suspension tuning. Part I: Unconnected suspension

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 931-953

  Cao, Dongpu ^a   Rakheja, Subhash ^a   Su, Chun Yi ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dimensionless suspension measures; Heavy vehicles; Pitch dynamics; Suspension tuning; Tuning rules; Unconnected suspension

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILES; AXLES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; DYNAMICS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWDER METALLURGY; STIFFNESS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUNING; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS; DIMENSIONLESS SUSPENSION MEASURES; HEAVY VEHICLES; LOAD CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PITCH DYNAMICS; PLANE MODEL; ROAD ROUGHNESS; STIFFNESS RATIO; SUSPENSION PROPERTIES; SUSPENSION TUNING; TUNING RULES; TYRE LOAD; UNCONNECTED SUSPENSION;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 49549089055     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701732899     Document Type: Article

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