Title: Generalised pitch-plane vehicle model satisfying Olley ride criteria

Authors: Daniel E. Williams; Amine Nhila

Addresses: ZF TRW Active & Passive Safety Technology, Global Commercial Steering Systems, P.O. Box 60, Lafayette, IN 47902, USA ' ZF TRW Active & Passive Safety Technology, Global Commercial Steering Systems, P.O. Box 60, Lafayette, IN 47902, USA

Abstract: A generalised vehicle model is presented that allows characterisation of pitch-plane ride dynamics for a vehicle with an arbitrary number of axles. This model is used to determine suspension stiffnesses that satisfy the well-known Olley ride criteria for a vehicle with three or more axles.

Keywords: commercial vehicles; vehicle ride; Olley ride criteria; pitch-plane models; vehicle modelling; ride dynamics; suspension stiffnesses; dynamic modelling; heavy vehicles.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2016.077321

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2016 Vol.23 No.3, pp.230 - 243

Received: 22 May 2015
Accepted: 09 Nov 2015
Published online: 28 Jun 2016 *

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