The front-to-rear wheel torque distribution influences vehicle handling and, ulti-mately, it affects key factors such as vehicle safety and performance. At a glance, due to part of the available tire-road friction being used for traction at the driven axle, a Front-Wheel-Drive (FWD) vehicle would be expected to be more understeering than a Rear-Wheel-Drive (RWD) vehicle. However, such effect may be counterbalanced, or even reversed, mainly due to the yaw moment caused by the lateral contribution of the traction forces at the front wheels. This paper proposes an experimental assessment, carried out on a fully electric vehicle with multiple mo-tors, allowing different front-to-rear wheel torque distributions. The results confirm that the yaw moment effect discussed is considerable, especially at low vehicle speeds and high steering an-gles. In particular, the RWD vehicle resulted more understeering than the FWD one at 30 km/h.

The effect of the front-to-rear wheel torque distribution on vehicle handling: an experimental assessment

BUCCHI, FRANCESCO;FRENDO, FRANCESCO;
2018-01-01

Abstract

The front-to-rear wheel torque distribution influences vehicle handling and, ulti-mately, it affects key factors such as vehicle safety and performance. At a glance, due to part of the available tire-road friction being used for traction at the driven axle, a Front-Wheel-Drive (FWD) vehicle would be expected to be more understeering than a Rear-Wheel-Drive (RWD) vehicle. However, such effect may be counterbalanced, or even reversed, mainly due to the yaw moment caused by the lateral contribution of the traction forces at the front wheels. This paper proposes an experimental assessment, carried out on a fully electric vehicle with multiple mo-tors, allowing different front-to-rear wheel torque distributions. The results confirm that the yaw moment effect discussed is considerable, especially at low vehicle speeds and high steering an-gles. In particular, the RWD vehicle resulted more understeering than the FWD one at 30 km/h.
2018
9781138035713
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