Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity
Abstract The position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity has an impact on its driving performances, and it also affects the vehicle’s impact on its surroundings. Therefore, the study pays attention to the change in the centre of gravity’s position due to different load distribution. The research was...
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| author | František Synák Alexandra Smolková Klára Žúžiová |
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| description | Abstract The position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity has an impact on its driving performances, and it also affects the vehicle’s impact on its surroundings. Therefore, the study pays attention to the change in the centre of gravity’s position due to different load distribution. The research was performed by wide-ranging experimental measurements with three different vehicles, i.e. with a passenger car, a van and a truck. The measurement results and their analysis point to the rate of change in the centre of gravity’s position due to different load distribution, and to the fact that a vehicle axle can be overloaded even when the vehicle load capacity is not used completely. In addition, the contribution of the study is a database which can be used for other research via modelling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-290b64e2d95d42e185b99237e324ed522023-12-03T12:20:14ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-11-0113111410.1038/s41598-023-48083-8Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravityFrantišek Synák0Alexandra Smolková1Klára Žúžiová2Department of Road and Urban Transport, University of ZilinaDepartment of Road and Urban Transport, University of ZilinaDepartment of Road and Urban Transport, University of ZilinaAbstract The position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity has an impact on its driving performances, and it also affects the vehicle’s impact on its surroundings. Therefore, the study pays attention to the change in the centre of gravity’s position due to different load distribution. The research was performed by wide-ranging experimental measurements with three different vehicles, i.e. with a passenger car, a van and a truck. The measurement results and their analysis point to the rate of change in the centre of gravity’s position due to different load distribution, and to the fact that a vehicle axle can be overloaded even when the vehicle load capacity is not used completely. In addition, the contribution of the study is a database which can be used for other research via modelling.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48083-8 |
| spellingShingle | František Synák Alexandra Smolková Klára Žúžiová Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity Scientific Reports |
| title | Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity |
| title_full | Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity |
| title_fullStr | Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity |
| title_short | Consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle’s centre of gravity |
| title_sort | consequences of load distribution in selected vehicles in the context of changing the position of the vehicle s centre of gravity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48083-8 |
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