TY - JOUR
T1 - 8-Wheel Suspension System Optimized for Electric Vehicles
T2 - Basic Concept of 8 Wheel Tandem Wheel Suspension System
AU - Onishi, Masahiro
AU - Omae, Manabu
AU - Shimizu, Hiroshi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - An electric vehicle is focused attention as a solution for solving the global environment issues. And if electric vehicle has exceeding performance than internal combustion engine vehicle and surpassed attractiveness, it will be accepted in the society widely. Tandem Wheel Suspension System (TWS) is a new suspension concept for electric vehicle that makes a great progress in space utility, handling ability and ride comfort. A general concept of TWS is replacing the 4 larger sized wheels with 8 smaller wheels. The four couples of adjoined two wheels are connected with the hydraulic piping and hydro-pneumatic spring shock absorber units. The results of simulations reveal that ride comfort of TWS should be improved 3.6 times compared with 4 wheels reducing the body vibrations and body pitching.
AB - An electric vehicle is focused attention as a solution for solving the global environment issues. And if electric vehicle has exceeding performance than internal combustion engine vehicle and surpassed attractiveness, it will be accepted in the society widely. Tandem Wheel Suspension System (TWS) is a new suspension concept for electric vehicle that makes a great progress in space utility, handling ability and ride comfort. A general concept of TWS is replacing the 4 larger sized wheels with 8 smaller wheels. The four couples of adjoined two wheels are connected with the hydraulic piping and hydro-pneumatic spring shock absorber units. The results of simulations reveal that ride comfort of TWS should be improved 3.6 times compared with 4 wheels reducing the body vibrations and body pitching.
KW - Automobile
KW - Comfortability in Riding
KW - Computer Aided Analysis
KW - Electric Vehicle
KW - Suspension
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaic.69.1656
DO - 10.1299/kikaic.69.1656
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041930793
SN - 0387-5024
VL - 69
SP - 1656
EP - 1661
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
IS - 682
ER -