Object-Oriented Decomposition of Tire Characteristics based on semi-empirical Models
Markus Andres, Dirk Zimmer, François E. Cellier · Linköping electronic conference proceedings · 2009
This article introduces a new and freely available Modelica library, called Wheels and Tires, for modeling wheels and tires.The contained models are intended to be used in vehicle simulations, where computational performance is a major concern.Semi-empirical single contact point models are well suited for this kind of applications and are therefore applied in the presented library.The Wheels and Tires library provides a tool to quickly build custom tire models, and allows a convenient customization of existing models.This is achieved by a modular and expandable design system utilizing well established models.In addition, a set of ready-made models is provided to allow a quick insight in the used modeling structure and to enable a direct application in vehicle models.The final version of the library will be published as a free library via the Modelica website as well as the website of F. E. Cellier.