Research Article

A New Physical Parameter Identification Method for Two-Axis On-Road Vehicles: Simulation and Experiment

Table 4

The known physical parameters of the school bus.

NotationDescriptionValuesUnits

Total mass of the vehicle5240kg
Distance from sprung mass CG to the front axle2.22m
Distance from sprung mass CG to the rear axle1.73m
Half of leaf spring left-to-right distance at front of vehicle0.4m
Half of leaf spring left-to-right distance at rear of vehicle0.5m