Step Steer

A Step steer event simulates vehicle response to a sudden step input to the steering wheel.

The steering input is a rotational motion or torque at the steering wheel or the input shaft to the steering gear. The standard output requests are included to measure vehicle response. Tire requests are included to understand tire forces during the event. The Altair Driver model maintains constant speed during the event. A plot template is available to plot the results.

A series of step steer tests (in both the left and right turn direction) at increasing steer angles can be used to characterize the vehicle understeer and lateral response.


Figure 1. Step Steer Event
The parameters available in the Step Steer event are detailed in the following table:
Parameter Description
Units Velocity unit selection (Model, m/s, km/h, mph).
Velocity Velocity of the vehicle during the event.
Steer input start time Initial Steer start time (absolute time in seconds).
Lean input start time* Initial Lean start time (absolute time in seconds).
Steer input end time Ending time for application of the step steer in seconds (absolute time).
Lean input end time* Ending time for application of the step lean in seconds (absolute time).
Maximum steer Maximum Steering input value (default 60 degrees).
Function type Sine, step or ramp function (used to transition from 0 degrees steer to the maximum steer value).
End time Absolute end time of the event, in seconds.
Print interval Time interval of data output to the plot file (.plt) and graphics file (.h3d).

*Applicable only for Two-wheeler events.

References

ISO +7401-2003 - Road vehicles - Lateral transient response test methods - Open-loop test methods.