Vehicle Dynamics 3 min read
Suspensions, Functions, and Main Components
Suspension Systems To many focusing on ride comfort, it may seem like the suspension system is merely a set of…
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Vehicle Performance
Vehicle performance is the study of the motion of a vehicle. The motion of any vehicle depends upon all the…
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How to Determine Gear Ratio
In mechanical engineering, a gear ratio is a direct measure of the ratio of the rotational speeds of two or…
Vehicle Design Data Characteristics 2 min read
Classical Design of Gear Train
In order to find the required overall gear ratio, the compound gear train contains two pairs of gears, d-a and b-f (Figure 1). The…
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Gear Ratios
Gear ratios are a core science behind almost every machine in the modern era. They can maximize power and efficiency…
Vehicle Design Data Characteristics 1 min read
Piston motion equations
The motion of a non-offset piston connected to a crank through a connecting rod (as would be found in internal combustion engines), can be expressed through several mathematical…
Vehicle Design Data Characteristics 4 min read
OVERSQUARE VS UNDERSQUARE
A closely related topic to rod ratio is that of bore and stroke. If the bore and stroke dimensions in…
Vehicle Design Data Characteristics 2 min read
BEST ROD RATIO?
Essentially, there is no “best” rod ratio for any given engine. Some say to use the longest rods that will…
Vehicle Design Data Characteristics 3 min read
What is Bore-Stroke Ratio?
Bore-Stroke Ratio is the ratio between the dimensions of the engine cylinder bore diameter to its piston stroke-length. The cylinder…