Straight Line Braking

A Straight line Braking event simulates a vehicle slowing in a straight line.

The steering wheel is normally held fixed. The Altair Driver applies torque at the wheels to slow the vehicle and appropriate output requests are included. A plot template is available to the plot the results.



Figure 1.
The parameters available in the Straight Line Braking event is detailed in the following table:
Parameter Description
Velocity Initial vehicle velocity (meters/sec).
Desired acceleration Deceleration in g’s.
End time Absolute end time of the event, in seconds.
Print interval Data is output to the plot files and graphics file at this time interval (seconds).

Reference

ISO +21994-2007 - Passenger cars - Stopping distance at straight-line braking with ABS - Open loop test method.