Curb to Curb Diameter and Ackerman 3 and 4
Branch ID: 300 Request Number: 50000300
Component | Unit | Comment |
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1 (X): Not Used | Not Used | Not Used |
2 (Y): Percent Ackerman (Method 3) | % | The third 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 3. See Component 1
above for intermediate term calculations.
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3 (Z): Not Used | Not Used | Not Used |
4 (RX): Curb to Curb Diameter (Method 4) | m | The fourth 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 4) | % | The fourth method of calculating percent Ackerman. See Component 2 above for
an explanation of Percent Ackerman. See Component 4 above for intermediate term calculations.
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6 (RZ): Ackerman Deviation (Method 4) | deg | The fourth 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 4. See
Component 4 above for intermediate term calculations. deviation = (outer-alpha)*rtod |