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SIMULATION OF VERTICAL QUARTER CAR MODEL WITH ONE AND TWO DOFs

  • 1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”, Kosovo

Abstract

This paper deals with the simulation of vertical displacement vehicle car body with one and two DOFs by using and comparing results of two softwares Working Model and MatLab. The aim of this paper was to show that is very easy is to solve the differential equations that describe both models of vehicle system with one and two DOFs. The results simulations performed with both software’s are almost the same for calculating displacement and velocity of sprung and unsprung mass and for different road excitations. The results of simulations have been analysed in terms of stability and road holding since sprung mass or vehicle body oscillations have direct impact on the passenger comfort.

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