PSI - Issue 77

Francisco Castro et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 77 (2026) 611–630 Francisco Castro/ Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2026) 000 – 000

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Figure 3 – RC-Vehicle. a) Vehicle RC original; b) Vehicle adapted for road tests. Table 1 – Vehicle characteristics (RC-Vehicle).

Characteristics

Value

Characteristics

Value

Length

0.445 m

Wheel radius

0.05 m

Wheelbase

0.325 m

Mass (empty)

4.43 kg

Spring (suspension) stiffness Suspension stiffness (longitudinal) Suspension stiffness (lateral)

Width

0.269 m

932 N/m

Track

0.228 m

560 N/m

Height

0.141 m

910 N/m

In order to obtain reproducibility and stability in the results, five load case scenarios were applied, by changing the position of a mass with 0,751 kg. The different load cases are presented in the next Figure 4.

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Figure 4 – Load case scenarios: a) Load Case: empty; b) Load Case 1; c) Load Case 2; d) Load Case 3; e) Load Case 4; f) Load Case 5.