Overview

A set of general purpose (and some special purpose) simulations for the dynamic behaviour of vehicles in the vertical, lateral and longnitudinal directions.

Done as part of a course on Vehicle Technology taught by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Nissing.

Simulations are quite rudimentary, but very educational.

🔧 Current Features

• Simulation of an Audi Q4 accelerating from rest (see the Acceleration-Sim/ directory)
• Simulation of a vehicle braking with and without Antilocking Braking System (ABS)
  (see the Braking-Sim/ directory)
• Simulation of the famous quarter car model, both the single mass and dual mass variants (see the QCar-1Mass/ and QCar-2Mass/ directory)
• Simple model of the properties of a tire and some basic data analysis using a Gough Diagram (see the Tire-Model/ directory)

📦 Requirements

• MATLAB R2018b or later
• MATLAB Simulink

🚧 Future Work

• Integration of Tire model with acceleration and braking simulations logic
• Simulation of steering kinematics (if I have time)
• Possibly 3D Animations

📚 References

• HEISSING, Bernd and ERSOY, Metin. Chassis handbook: Fundamentals, Driving Dynamics, components, mechatronics, Perspectives. Wiesbaden : Vieweg + Teubner, 2011.
• RILL, George. Vehicle Dynamics Fundamentals and Modeling with MATLAB®. CRC Press, 2020.