Air Spring
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- Limit force in suspension components
- Maintain ride height for large variations in load
- Absorb the impact from the vertical road inputs
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- Exerts a force along a line between two bodies
- Non-linear force versus deflection at different static inflation pressures
interpolated from tabular data stored in a property file
- Set the initial load and spring height to determine the static inflation
pressure
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Helical Spring
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- Limit force in suspension components
- Absorb the impact from the vertical road inputs
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- Exerts a force along a line between two bodies
- Non-linear force versus deflection interpolated from tabular data stored in
a property file
- Set the initial load or length of the spring at vehicle input position
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Shock Absorber
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Dissipate the energy stored in springs and damp the chassis motions |
- Exerts a force along a line between two bodies
- Include rebound and bump stops to limit the shock absorber actuation
- Non-linear force versus deflection interpolated from tabular data stored in
a property file
- Linear force versus velocity
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Mount Bushing
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Elastically mount vehicle components to the vehicle chassis or body |
- Exerts force and torque all directions
- Non-linear force versus deflection interpolated from tabular data stored in
a property file
- Linear damping
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Frequency Dependent Bushing
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Elastically mount vehicle components to the vehicle chassis or body |
- Exerts force and torque in all directions
- Stiffness and damping dependent on amplitude and frequency of bushing
displacement
- Non-linear static force/torque versus deflection
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Bump Stop
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Limit suspension bump travel |
- Exerts a force along a line to repel two bodies when the distance between
the bodies is less than a threshold
- Non-linear force versus deflection interpolated from tabular data stored in
a property file
- Linear Damping
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Rebound Stop
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Limit suspension rebound travel |
- Exerts a force along a line to repel two bodies when the distance between
the bodies is greater than a threshold
- Non-linear force versus deflection interpolated from tabular data stored in
a property file
- Linear Damping
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Rider
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Model the mass and inertia of a vehicle driver and passengers |
- Adjustable height and body density
- Position knees, ankles, elbow, hip, hand, wrist, pelvis, neck to mimic
different postures
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Tire
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- Develop the contact forces from the ground for carrying vehicle load,
steering, accelerating, and braking
- Isolate vibrations from small road irregularities
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- Altair Fiala tire
- Altair Soft-Soil tire
- CD-Tire
- Cosin FTire
- Siemens tire (MF-Tyre)
- Different road models support, including 3D and 2D, soft-soil, Curved
Gridded Road (crg), Cosin RGR, CD-Tire, and point cloud data
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