Quasi-Static Constant Velocity Cornering

Full-Vehicle Assembly

Select the Full-Vehicle Assembly you want to analyze. The menu lists all full-vehicle assemblies currently open in your session.

Assembly Variant

Select the assembly variant you want to analyze. The menu lists all full-vehicle assembly variants of the chosen assembly.

Switches to the selected variant and adds the required testrig as needed.

Output Prefix

Enter a string that specifies the Analysis Output Name. The string can contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores (_). Adams Car appends the suffix _sss to form the complete analysis name. For example, if you enter test_45 as the output prefix, the analysis name becomes test_45_sss.

Solver Settings File

Select one or more files (extension .ssf) defining the solver settings to be temporarily applied for this simulation (optional).

Opens the Solver Settings File (extension .ssf) editor dialog box.

Number of Steps / Step Size / Step Frequency

Select either of the following:

Simulation Mode

Select interactive, background, graphical, files or event only.

See Mode of Simulation: Interactive, Mode of Simulation: Graphical, Mode of Simulation: Background, Mode of Simulation: Files_only, Mode of Simulation: Event_only.

Enter the name of a file that contains road data information. The tire subsystems use this information to calculate the tire/road interaction forces.

Tips on Entering File Names in Text Boxes.

Import and visualize road graphics from file.

Remove road or path graphics.

View road / path file in info window.

Edit road / path file in road builder or text editor.

Desired Velocity

Specify the vehicle longitudinal velocity, in the units specified in the pull-down menu to the right of the Desired Velocity text box. The turn radius is computed as follows:

Turn Direction

Select a right or a left turn.

Desired Long Acc (G's)

Enter a longitudinal acceleration. Adams Car performs the analysis at the specified longitudinal G level. Enter the desired longitudinal acceleration in G's, where 1 G is approximately 9.81 m/s2. Typical vehicles can accelerate anywhere between 0.2 and 0.5 G's.

Gear Position

Specify the transmission gear for the analysis. The gear is held constant throughout the analysis.

Final Lateral Accel (G's)

Enter the final lateral acceleration to be reached in G's, where 1 G is approximately 9.81 m/s2. Reaching this lateral acceleration signals the end of the maneuver. The test will ramp the lateral acceleration between 0 and the target lateral acceleration.

Typical vehicles can reach a lateral acceleration between 0.4 and 1.0 G.

Bank Angle

Enter the bank angle in degrees, with the default being zero.

Create Event Log File

Select if you want Adams Car to write information about the assembled model and analysis to an Analysis Log File.

Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Adams Car displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:

Learn about Recording Comments.

Select to display an Alignment dialog box where you can set toe, camber and caster alignment values.