Markus Andres
Vorarlberg Univ. of Appl. Sc., Austria
Dirk Zimmer
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
François E. Cellier
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp09430029Published in: Proceedings of the 7th International Modelica Conference; Como; Italy; 20-22 September 2009
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 43:2, p. 9-18
Published: 2009-12-29
ISBN: 978-91-7393-513-5
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
This article introduces a new and freely available Modelica library; called Wheels and Tires; for modeling wheels and tires. The contained models are intended to be used in vehicle simulations; where computational performance is a major concern. Semi-empirical single contact point models are well suited for this kind of applications and are therefore applied in the presented library.
The Wheels and Tires library provides a tool to quickly build custom tire models; and allows a convenient customization of existing models. This is achieved by a modular and expandable design system utilizing well established models. In addition; a set of ready-made models is provided to allow a quick insight in the used modeling structure and to enable a direct application in vehicle models. The final version of the library will be published as a free library via the Modelica website as well as the website of F. E. Cellier.
object-oriented tire modeling; objectoriented tyre modelling; semi-empirical tire model; tire decomposition
