Power dissipation in automotive suspensions

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 59-74

  Smith, Malcolm C ^a   Swift, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

energy dissipation; passive suspensions; stochastic road profile; suspension systems; tyre damping

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE SUSPENSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; ILL POSED; IN-VEHICLE; NOISE INTENSITIES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PASSIVE SUSPENSION; POWER DISSIPATION; POWER-LOSSES; QUARTER-CAR; ROAD DISTURBANCES; ROAD PROFILE; ROLL-PLANE MODEL; SUSPENSION PARAMETERS; SUSPENSION SYSTEM; TOTAL POWER DISSIPATION; TYRE DAMPING; VEHICLE MODEL; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL STIFFNESS;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; DAMPING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; ROADS AND STREETS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VEHICLES; WHITE NOISE;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 78650294246     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110903427421     Document Type: Article

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