Study on the Influence of the Center of Gravity of Fuel Cell City Bus on its Handling Characteristics

Authors

  • Yuezhen FAN School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University
  • Chuanchao DU School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University
  • Qingchun WANG School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.mech.26.5.23590

Keywords:

centroid position;steering characteristic;modelling;simulation.

Abstract

The vehicles driven by combustion engine leads to environmental problems because of fossil fuel consumption. In recent years, many policies have adopted to support the development of new energy vehicles, especially battery electric vehicles as the main strategy in China. For the battery electric vehicles, the position of the battery pack can change the centroid position of the vehicle because of its big mass, and it can also change the loading of each tire in the motion, which has important influence on the vehicle handing and stability performance. This article studies the relationship between handling characteristic and the change of centroid position on a fuel cell city bus, and then solves the suitable centroid position of this vehicle which makes the vehicle have satisfied steering characteristic.

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Published

2020-11-10

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Section

DYNAMICS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS