Light Vehicle Suspension, Steering And Braking System

An Orthogonal and Pictorial drawing will also be provided on a selected section of one of the braking systems being compared.

Next, there is a while loop that continues to run if the left encoder is less than the value of the number of revolutions multiplied by the counted ticks per revolution. After this, if the computed motor ticks are unequal between the two motors, the function is written to where the vehicle can adjust and correct itself if it starts to drift to one side. This is done by if-else statements in which each motor power is adjusted. Variables used in the driveStraight() function were used in the turnLeft () function as well. The function contains a turningTime variable, which is set to the inputted angle multiplied by 1000 and is divided by the inputted turning speed. Like the previous function, if-else statements were used to adjust each of the motors power to make a proper turning angle. At the end of the function, the command encoder.clearEnc(Both) clears both the encoders counted motor

He uses this in order to compare his steering with a

P1. Fluid power is the use of fluids under immense pressure to generate, control, and transmit power; this is split into hydraulics which uses oil or water, and pneumatics which uses gas such as air. There are many health and safety legislations and regulations that apply when working with fluid power equipment and systems. This is to prevent any harm to health or even death in the work place.

Purpose - To explain to the class about manual transmission cars and how to drive one.

Further investigation showed that the reason we lost control of the car was because the power steering

The article describes three formats of in-vehicle feedback; visual, haptic, and audio. Each of the three formats to be broke down into various systems and functions. Very similar to a database containing tables, rows, and attributes. In the visual table, there are four rows one of which is the dashboard. The dashboard contains several aids including gauges, on-board diagnostics, GPS, and lamps. The haptic table contains the break/ throttle row, were pedal pulsation will notify the operator of activated antilock-brakes or traction control. Jensen

Hand-Over-Hand Steering: - Pulling the steering wheel down with one hand while the other hand crosses over to pull the wheel farther down. Used for quick turns at speeds below air bag deployment speed

Adaptive cruise control. We’ve all heard of cruise control, set you speed limit and voila your car maintains that speed, very useful on long trips. But what about adaptive? well as the word suggests, it adapts but to the speeds of the car in front of you and accelerate and decelerate accordingly, in some cases it can steer. Ever heard of Tesla (PICTURE TESLA P100D) we’ve all heard about it, a fully electric car and as fast as Lamborghinis and Ferraris. And you may have also heard that it basically drives by itself, all thanks to adaptive cruise control. This system is made up of infrared radars and cameras mounted either in front of the grill or on the rear-view mirror or

Instead of a steering wheel, there are two controls or levers that allow you to move the Bobcat. In order to move the Bobcat forward, you have to push both controls forward. In order to reverse the Bobcat, you have to pull back on both levers. If you want to turn the Bobcat to the left, you need to pull back on only the left lever. If you want to turn the Bobcat to the right, you need to pull back on only the right lever.

tires and the road surface. A vehicle may skid forward in a straight line or it may

Power electronics: The major functions of the power electronics are, use of control of the torque generation within the motor while driving and also the control of energy delivery back within the battery pack while charging. The owners were able to charge the vehicle through any power source. A standard, 12 amp/110 volt wall outlet was able to charge the vehicle to its full capacity.

Four wheel steering is a method developed in automobile industry for the effective turning of the vehicle and to increase the maneuverability. In a typical front wheel steering system the rear wheels do not turn in the direction of the curve and thus curb on the efficiency of the steering. In four wheel steering the rear wheels turn with the front wheels thus increasing the efficiency of the vehicle. The direction of steering the rear wheels relative to the front wheels depends on the operating conditions. At low speed wheel movement is pronounced, so that rear wheels are steered in the opposite direction to that of front wheels.

The way the vehicles manoeuvre

Gaps and Overlaps: For the case of non-parallel fiber steering, the designer must realize that gaps and overlaps are a feature that will always occur unless tow dropping is used. Parallel fiber steering may avoid having gaps and overlaps, but at certain locations may activate the minimum turning radius constraint since they have a change in curvature [90]. In addition, parallel and shifted fiber steering methods that do not exactly match the optimized fiber angle orientations which does not result in an optimal structure. Gaps are usually not desired,