LITERATURE REVIEW Development Of Multibody Dynamics (MBD) Method For UTeM FV Malaysia Racing Car Suspension System.

iv TABLE OF CONTENT Declaration i Approval ii Acknowledgement iii Table of Content iv - ix List of Abbreviations x Abstract xi Abstrak xii CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background of Study 1 - 2 1.2 Problem Statement 3 1.3 Objective 3 1.4 Scope 4

CHAPTER 2 : LITERATURE REVIEW

5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.1.1 Multibody Dynamics 5 - 7 2.1.2 Suspension System 8 v 2.1.3 McPherson Strut 8 - 10 2.1.4 Wishbone Lower Arm 10 - 11 2.4 Toe, Camber Caster 12 2.4.1 Toe 12 2.1.2 Camber 13 2.4.3 Caster 14 2.4.3 King Pin 15 2.5 Applications Perspective of Mcpherson Strut Suspension 16 2.6 Design Process of Suspension Systems 17 2.7 Previous Method 18 2.7.1 Simulation of Multibody Systems 18 - 19 2.7.2 MBS in Original Design 19 2.7.3 Optimization 20 - 22 2.8 Previous Research 2.8.1 Introduction 23 2.8.2 Coordinates 24 2.8.3 Degrees of Freedom 25 2.8.4 Kinematics Assumptions and Constraints 26 2.8.5 Diving Constraint 26 2.8.6 Applied Force Vector 27 vi

CHAPTER 3 : METHODOLOGY