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292 Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics<br />

Translational<br />

motion inputs to<br />

represent road<br />

surface<br />

irregularities<br />

Simple spring<br />

damper tyre<br />

model<br />

Fig. 5.49 A simple tyre model for ride and vibration studies. (This material has<br />

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

K1 Vol. 214 ‘The modelling and simulation of vehicle handling. Part 3: tyre<br />

modelling’, M.V. Blundell, page 4, by permission of the Council of the Institution<br />

of Mechanical Engineers)<br />

method of tyre modelling reviewed is based on the ‘Magic Formula’ that<br />

will be discussed in more detail later in this section. Another review of tyre<br />

models is given by Pacejka (1995), where the influence of the tyre is discussed<br />

with regard to ‘active’ control of vehicle motion. The radial-spoke<br />

and ‘Magic Formula’ models are again discussed.<br />

Before considering tyre models in more detail it should be stated that tyre<br />

models are generally developed according to the type of application the vehicle<br />

simulation will address. For ride and vibration studies the tyre model is<br />

often required to transmit the effects from a road surface where the inputs are<br />

small but of high frequency. In the simplest form the tyre may be represented<br />

as a simple compression-only spring and damper acting between the wheel<br />

centre and the surface of the road. The simulation may in fact recreate the<br />

physical testing using a four-poster test rig with varying vertical inputs<br />

at each wheel. A concept of the tyre model for this type of simulation is<br />

provided in Figure 5.49 where for clarity only the right side of the vehicle<br />

is shown.<br />

In suspension loading or durability studies the tyre model must accurately<br />

represent the contact forces generated when the tyre strikes obstacles such<br />

as potholes and road bumps. In these applications the deformation of the<br />

tyre as it contacts the obstacle is of importance and is a factor in developing<br />

the model. These sort of tyre models are often developed for agricultural<br />

or construction type vehicles used in an off-road environment and<br />

dependent on the tyre to a larger extent in isolating the driver from the

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