[ODE] Car stability with lowered centre of mass leads to
problemswhen rolling
Mattias Fagerlund
mattias at cambrianlabs.com
Fri Oct 1 11:00:50 MST 2004
As discussed previously, aside from lowering the center of gravity to a
realistic position, simulating the hydrodynamic lift of the car body (or
aerodynamic down force if you prefer) will also help stability.
Fdrag = DragCoefficient * LiquidDensity * Velocity ^ 2 * Area / 2
Flift = LiftCoefficient * LiquidDensity * Velocity ^ 2 * Area / 2
Drag opposes the direction of the relative velocity, lift acts
perpendicular to it.
cheers,
mattias
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