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Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

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Im starting up an initial dynamic model of a medium sized sedan, front engine layout, all wheel drive, around 1400kg (3000lb), would anyone have figures for roll, pitch, yaw inertia's for something like this?

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J

RE: Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

pitch 1916
roll 429
yaw 2039

kg m^2

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RE: Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

Greg,

That would produce a radius of gyration in pitch of about 1.17 m. Typical for an AWD vehicle?

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew


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RE: Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

No, thats a fwd, 1380 kg

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RE: Roll, Pitch Yaw Inertia's of medium sized sedan

Also, if you want inertia based on NHTSA recommended calc's, go to:
http://www.arengineers.com/ -->Other Calc's --> Vehicle Inertia
Kevin

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