Curb to Curb Diameter and Ackerman 1 and 2
Branch ID: 290 Request Number: 50000290
Component | Unit | Comment |
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1 (X): Curb to Curb Diameter (Method 1) | m | The first method of calculating the approximate diameter of the circle the
vehicle would move around at the current steer angles assuming no rear wheel steer.
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2 (Y): Percent Ackerman (Method 1) | % | The first method of calculating percent Ackerman. Ackerman is used to
quantify the amount of scrubbing occurring on the front of the vehicle during a
turn assuming no rear wheel steer. A vehicle whose front wheels are parallel (the
same steer angle) has 0% Ackerman. Conversely a vehicle is said to be 100%
Ackerman when the lines through the left and right spindle axes intersect in the
top view at a lateral line passing through the rear wheel centers. The following
equation is used to calculate percent Ackerman with Method 1. See Component 1
above for intermediate term calculations.
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3 (Z): Ackerman Deviation (Method 1) | deg | The first method of calculating Ackerman deviation. Ackerman deviation, like
percent Ackerman, is used to quantify the amount of scrubbing occurring on the
front of the vehicle during a turn assuming no rear wheel steer. Zero Ackerman
deviation means that lines through the left and right spindle axes intersect in
the top view at a lateral line passing through the rear wheel centers. The
following equation is used to calculate Ackerman deviation with Method 1. See
Component 1 above for intermediate term calculations. alpha = atan((wheel base)/((turn radius)+track/2)) deviation = (outer-alpha)*rtod |
4 (RX): Curb to Curb Diameter (Method 2) | m | The second method of calculating the approximate diameter of the circle the
vehicle would move around at the current steer angles assuming no rear wheel steer.
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5 (RY): Percent Ackerman (Method 2) | % |
The second method of calculating percent Ackerman. See Component 2 above for an explanation of Percent Ackerman. See Component 4 above for intermediate term calculations. alpha = atan((wheel base)/((turn radius)+track/2)) percent Ackerman = (inner-outer)/(inner-alpha)*100 |
6 (RZ): Ackerman Deviation (Method 2) | deg | The second method of calculating Ackerman deviation. See Component 3 above
for an explanation of Ackerman deviation. See Components 4 and 5 above for
intermediate term calculations. deviation = (outer-alpha)*rtod |