Abstract
Abstract:
Lots of improvements in future vehicles look for increasing levels of safety; consequently, among other aspects, the dynamic behaviour of the vehicle represents a relevant factor influencing the safety. It is important for the driver to predict the response of the vehicle while he manoeuvres, therefore any improvement to be introduced that help in such a manner should be studied from the dynamics point of view. This paper describes a methodology to obtain the most relevant parameters of a vehicle and a systematic method to prepare tests and to deal with the data provided by advanced instrumentation (e.g. gyroscopic platform, optical distance sensors, rotating wheel dynamometer) in order to validate vehicle models or to study experimentally the complete dynamics of the vehicle. It is also included the application of the methodology to real data resulting of tests in a vehicle.