[ODE] Car stability with lowered centre of mass leads to problemswhen rolling

Mattias Fagerlund mattias at cambrianlabs.com
Fri Oct 1 11:00:50 MST 2004


As discussed previously, aside from lowering the center of gravity to a 
realistic position, simulating the hydrodynamic lift of the car body (or 
aerodynamic down force if you prefer) will also help stability.

Fdrag = DragCoefficient * LiquidDensity * Velocity ^ 2 * Area / 2
Flift = LiftCoefficient * LiquidDensity * Velocity ^ 2 * Area / 2

Drag opposes the direction of the relative velocity, lift acts 
perpendicular to it.

cheers,
mattias




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