RE : Waltzing Matilda with Torsens

["Lawson, Dave" <dlawson@ball.com>]

>
these transient conditions are exactly the ones that cannot be modeled
with a calculator.  there are so many variables just at the contact
patch
that you would need a cray to model that continuously variable nonlinear
condition.
>
There is a simple model of a contact patch(no tire deflection etc) which
I have in the MATLAB simulation on my pentium and it seems to be working
for me. The tractive force at the tire is M/4*g*mu, M=car mass, g = grav
accel, mu = coeff of friction.
-
Dave