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154 Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics<br />

BUSHES<br />

SPHERICAL<br />

BUSHES<br />

REVOLUTE<br />

SPHERICAL<br />

MOTION<br />

UNIVERSAL<br />

SPHERICAL<br />

INPLANE<br />

MOTION<br />

TRANSLATIONAL<br />

Fig. 4.16 Double wishbone suspension modelled with bushes. (This material<br />

has been reproduced from the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical<br />

Engineers, K2 Vol. 213 ‘The modelling and simulation of vehicle handling.<br />

Part 2: vehicle modelling’, M.V. Blundell, page 121, by permission of the Council<br />

of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers)<br />

Table 4.2<br />

Degree-of-freedom calculation for suspension system with bushes<br />

Component Number DOF ΣDOF<br />

Parts 6 6 36<br />

Translationals 1 5 5<br />

Revolutes 1 5 5<br />

Universals 1 4 4<br />

Sphericals 3 3 9<br />

Inplanes 1 1 1<br />

Motions 2 1 2<br />

ΣDOF for system 10<br />

orientation or to move in the lateral or longitudinal directions. A zero motion<br />

input is applied at the revolute joint connecting the wheel to the wheel<br />

knuckle in order to constrain the spin freedom of the wheel. For the suspension<br />

modelled in this manner it is possible to calculate the degrees of<br />

freedom for the system as shown in Table 4.2.<br />

The double wishbone suspension model shown in Figure 4.16 can be simplified<br />

to represent the bushes connecting the upper arm and the lower arm<br />

to the vehicle body by revolute joints as shown in Figure 4.17.<br />

For the suspension modelled in this manner it is possible to calculate the<br />

degrees of freedom for the system as shown in Table 4.3.

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