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Static&
Dynamic
Loads

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Vehicle
Coordinates
System

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Static
Axle
Loads

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Calculation of the loads at each wheel in different operating conditions:

1) The vehicle braking (accelerating) on level ground (Longitudinal
weight transfer)
2) The vehicle at the instant of cornering (Lateral load transfer on
banking)
3) The vehicle on a downhill grade
4) The vehicle at the instant of braking on a downhill grade
5) Shock Loading
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Case1: The
Vehicle Braking
on Level Ground

LONGITUDINAL WEIGHT
TRANSFER

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Case 2 : The
Vehicle at
the instant
of
Cornering
LATERAL LOAD TRANSFER
ON BANKING

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Case 3 : The
Vehicle on
a Downhill
Grade

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Case 4 : The
Vehicle at
the instant of
Braking on a
Downhill
Grade

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Case 5 :
Shock
loading
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These factors when multiplied by the static wheel loads

give reasonable approximations for peak dynamic loads
encountered by vehicles
Case 5 :
Shock
loading