FSAE Kinematic Analysis Outputs

Felipe Espinosa
Felipe Espinosa Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi everybody.

I am currently running a kinematics analysis on a FSAE vehicle in MotionView. 
The question is: where can I find information about the outputs generated by the different simulations? 

When running a 'static ride' simulation, and showing the report, common data is shown as: camber gains, bump steer, etc. I am missing the data regarding motion ratio between wheel displacement and damper stroke, data from roll centers, etc. I have looked in the user guide but there’s few information. Also, I think this information must be clear in order to perform a optimisation in HyperStudy. 

 

I attach a picture where I show the results regarding Wheel Rate data, so that everybody sees what I mean.

If these outputs I’m missing are not generated by the templates, how can I custom build one?

Thank you in advance, kind regards.

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Answers

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Hi @Felipe Espinosa

     

    You can create custom outputs using Outputs>> Expression. Regarding the output Parameters, you can refer to MotionSolver user guide.

     

    For example, DM stands for Displacement Magnitude. You can add such parameters and output the function. 

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  • Felipe Espinosa
    Felipe Espinosa Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Thank you Prakash. Is it possible to create an expression that relates two outputs? For example: I want to relate the wheel vertical displacement versus the shock displacement, these both have an output expression already, but when I try to create the expression that relates both it gives me an error. 

     

     

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Hi @Felipe Espinosa

     

    If the independent variable for both the outputs is time, then you can do a cross plot.

     

    1) Plot Vertical disp Vs time and shock disp Vs time 

    2) FIle>> Load>> Preferences>> Load vehicle tools. This should add math menu in HyperGraph

    3) Math Menu>> Two curves>> Cross Plot

     

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