'Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics'
Abstract
In the dynamic analysis and design of vehicles the behaviour of suspensions and tyres
beyond the linear range is often interesting. In order to get acceptable responses it is
necessary to apply large mechanical models with many degrees of freedom. In this paper
a computational method and a computer progrc.m, developed for the dynamic analysis
of elastic systems containing local non-linearities are presented. The applicability of this
method and program is demonstrated by numerical experiments using a 648 degrees of
freedom flat-bed truck finite element model
