| Affiliation: | (1) School of Automotive Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-Dong, Sungdong-Gu, 133-791 Seoul, Korea;(2) Korea Automotive Technology Institute, 74 Yongjeong-Ri, Poongse-Myeon, Cheonan City, 330-912 Choongcheong-Namdo, Korea;(3) School of Mechanical Engineering, Andong National University, 388 Songchon-dong, Andong, 760-749 Kyungbuk, Korea |
| Abstract: | The Steering system is the most important system for a vehicle, in terms of safety and driving feel. But in many cases, experiments to improve the steering feel using a real vehicle are very difficult in the aspects of repeatability, safety and money. Repeatability in testing steering systems is very important because the steering feel for a driver varies according to the environmental conditions. In addition to that, steering tests using vehicle are so dangerous that the driver might not concentrate on the tests. In this paper, a new steering system simulator using the front part of a steering and suspension system is described. This simulator allows cheap, safe, and repeatable testing of the steering system compared with the real vehicle test. |
