Affiliation: | a Mathematisches Institut, Technische Universität München, D-80290 München, Germany b Laboratory for Robotics and System Dynamics, German Aerospace Research Establishment, D-82230 Wessling, Germany |
Abstract: | A planar vertical truck model with nonlinear suspension and its multibody system formulation are presented. The equations of motion of the model form a system of differential-algebraic equations (DAEs). All equations are given explicitly, including a complete set of parameter values, consistent initial values, and a sample road excitation. Thus the truck model allows various investigations of the specific DAE effects and represents a test problem for algorithms in control theory, mechanics of multibody systems, and numerical analysis. Several numerical tests show the properties of the model. |