Patent ID: 6725168
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B60C,B60G,G01M,G06F

Abstract:
A simulating method for vehicle/tire performances which comprises:a tire model preparing step of preparing a tire model of a tire including a ply made out of a finite number of elements; a vehicle body model preparing step of preparing a vehicle body model of a vehicle body including suspension members made out of a finite number of elements; a vehicle model preparing step of preparing a vehicle model by attaching said tire model to a suspension model of said suspension members in the vehicle body model; and a simulation step of executing a simulation of traveling of said vehicle model by setting a boundary condition so as to obtain traveling properties and/or a tire property of said vehicle, wherein said suspension members are modeled by at least one rigid beam element, at least one linear or non-linear spring element, and at least one torsional beam element.