Mesoa September 2018 All questions to be answered Only calculators allowed All answers to be neatly presented in order 1. A vehicle with mass m kg is assumed to have rectangular cross section as shown in figure Height of the vehicle is a meters and width d meters. The vehicle slides in a lateral direction direction x) and hits a rigid point B and ROLLSOVER. Acceleration due to gravity is 8 Interms of the mass m and geometrical dimensions derive- 4. Initial rotational velocity during rollover b. Critical SLIDING velocity which will lead to rollover (2x5) 2. Fora vehicle of having mass m kes tread width of d meters height of roll center from ground hd. meters height of cg from ground h meters distance between the suspensions b meters. Stiffness of the tire is Kt and suspension is Ks. In terms of the parameters given a. Derive the expression for Static Stability Factor (SSF) b. Derive the expression for change in SSF due to tire stiffness c. Derive the expression for change in SSF due to suspension stiffness d. For m= 10,000 kg; d= 2.3 m; h1= 0.7m; h= 1.5m; b=1.9m; kt= 9ks calculate the tire stiffness for keeping the rollover threshold at about 65% of the SSF (4x5) 3. Fora vehicle travelling longitudinally with velocity V the pneumatic tires are rolling with angular velocity @. The tire has undeformed radius as R, contact patch length as | and contact patch width as w. The tire material has kx longitudinal stiffness rate per unit area. Assume the contact patch normal pressure to be parabolic with maximum pressure Pyay at the center of the contact patch due to normal force Fz on the tire. Coefficient of friction of tire material with road isa ‘a, For the region of ADHESION in the contact patch derive the slip ratio during braking and traction with respect to the different coordinate system for the two cases . For the region of ADHESION in the contact patch derive expression for longitudinal s elastic stress For the region of SLIDING derive expression for longitudinal elastic stress Derive expression for non dimensional length of the sliding region Derive the expression for longitudinal force for slip ratio less than critical slip ratio in terms of the geometrical parameters, material properties and non-dimensional length of the sliding region £. Derive expression for the longitudinal force for slip ratio more than critical slip ratio If the same tire ALSO undergoes slip at angle a with lateral stiffness rate per unit area ky Derive the expression for lateral slip ratio for braking and traction h. With lateral slip included derive expression for non-dimensional length of the adhesion region i. Derive expression for critical longitudinal slip ratio and critical lateral slip ratio (x5)MEsOa September 2018 All questions to be answered Only calculators allowed All answers to be neatly presented in order 4. Fora rear wheel drive vehicleof weight W accelerating as shown in the figure where Fxis the Grive force at the wheel, final transmission ratio is Nyand radius of tire is r, CG is at height h from the ground. Kyris the front suspension rol stiffness and K,. is the rear suspension roll stiffness. Grade is not there (zero degrees) neglecting aerodynamic effect, rolling resistance and no trailer Derive expression for force on the rear axle and front axle due to longitudinal acceleration Derive expression for lateral load transfer on rear axle tires due to roll Derive expression for maximum tractive force which can be developed on the tire (coefficient of friction between tire and ground is ) 4. Fora case of independent suspension how would the expression in (c) change and why (5454545) 5, Asa vehicle is steered and the pneumatic tires develop slip angle explain what is the relaxation length. Answer should be not more than 4 lines preferably with a figure to support the answer. (5)