Sensitivity of a vehicle ride to the suspension bushing characteristics

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1075-1082

  Ambrósio, Jorge ^a   Verissimo, Paulo ^a  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Elastometer models; Kinematic joint modeling; Multibody dynamics; Sensitivity analysis; Vehicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DIFFERENT SPEED; ELASTOMETER MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; KINEMATIC JOINT MODELING; KINEMATIC JOINTS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL JOINTS; MULTI-BODY; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; MULTI-BODY MODELS; MULTIBODY CODES; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; RELIABLE MODELS; ROAD VEHICLES; SUB-SYSTEMS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE RESPONSE; VEHICLE RIDE;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); VEHICLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BUSHINGS;

EID: 65949108010     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12206-009-0344-1     Document Type: Article

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