Wednesday 29 April 2015

Driving Characteristics and Cornering Ability

CORNERING FORCES:
During cornering if the external forces like cross wind and centrifugal forces affect the vehicle, static friction in the tyre contact area leads to oppose reaction forces. These cornering forces have the objective of keep the tyre on the rolling direction and thus keeping the vehicle moving. However the tyre deforms under the exterior forces and the Static friction is limited tyres then always rolls at a tyre slip angle.
The level of cornering forces Fs depend on following conditions.
- Cornering forces rises with tyre slip angle.
- Cornering forces rises with the wheel load.
- Cornering forces rises with air pressure up to a maximum and then falls again.
- Cornering forces rise with the co efficient of static friction of the road surface.
- The tyre and the tread of the tyre also influence the cornering forces Fs.

Source: Autobei

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