TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Determination of center of gravity and dynamic stability evaluation of a cargo-type tricycle
JO  - American journal of mechanical engineering
A1  - Ekuase, Austin
A1  - Aduloju Sunday, Christopher
A1  - Peter, Ogenekaro
A1  - Ebhota Williams, Saturday
A1  - Dania, David E.
SP  - 26
EP  - 31
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - Dynamic stability of vehicles is a major concern to vehicle manufacturers, as this determines how safe a vehicle will be on the road, to passengers and other road users. The location of centre of gravity (CG) on a vehicle determines its stability. The objective of this work is to evaluate the dynamic stability of a modeled cargo tricycle. The mass Properties capability of the SolidWorks software was used to determine the CG location on the tricycle. Result shows that the model will response to side load with a yaw motion and it's an oversteer vehicle. Therefore it is unstable at high speed above its critical speed. The rollover threshold (F<SUB>c</SUB>) for the tricycle model is 0.32g.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2328-4102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12691/ajme-3-1-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -