Flat Ride; Problems and Solutions in Vehicle

Abstract

Flat ride is the condition in which the uncomfortable pitch oscillation of the vehicle body turns into more tolerable bounce oscillation, when a car hits a bump in forward motion. Based on experimental results, Maurice Olley discovered and introduced two conditions for flat ride:

Keywords

• flat ride
• maurice olley
• optimal suspension
• vehicle vibrations
• vehicle dynamics
• suspension design
• suspension optimization