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254 Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics<br />

X SAE<br />

Y SAE<br />

Y SAE<br />

Left<br />

F Y<br />

F Y<br />

F Y<br />

Direction of travel<br />

Right<br />

X SAE<br />

Y SAE<br />

Y SAE<br />

F Y<br />

Fig. 5.7<br />

Generation of tyre lateral forces due to plysteer<br />

evident that the opposite occurs to conicity in that switching a tyre from the<br />

left to the right of the vehicle does not reverse the lateral force direction.<br />

Thus for a vehicle fitted with tyres all exhibiting the same plysteer there will<br />

be a tendency for the vehicle to drift off a straight course without some<br />

steering correction. A correction will modify the course of the vehicle but<br />

will cause the rear wheels to ‘track’ to the side of the front wheels so that the<br />

vehicle progresses with a crab like motion, albeit imperceptible to the driver.<br />

5.3 The tyre contact patch<br />

5.3.1 Friction<br />

The classical laws of friction as often taught to undergraduates can be summarized<br />

as:<br />

1. Friction is a property of two contacting surfaces. It does not make sense<br />

to discuss friction as if it were a material property.<br />

2. Frictional force is linearly proportional to normal force and can be<br />

defined using a coefficient of friction (frictional force/normal force).<br />

3. The coefficient of friction is independent of contact area between the two<br />

surfaces.<br />

4. The static coefficient of friction (stiction) is greater than the kinetic<br />

(sliding) coefficent of friction.<br />

5. The coefficient of friction is independent of sliding speed.<br />

A detailed treatment of this subject with regard to tyres is given by Moore<br />

(1975), where it is shown that the above laws are flawed, or limited in certain

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