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Originally Posted by u/Josh
I have been wanting to do the same, but school has kept me too busy. I want to create a simulation of the 1/4 car model posted a few posts back to see how different spring constants and damping curves change vehicle response to bumps. I also wanted to use it to try to quantify the effects of reducing unsprung weight.
Shankenstein, not too important but I noticed a small mistake in the first post. I think the tire radius should be ~12.3" or .31 meters, not 9".
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That's basically what I did in college. Made a model in matlab with the spring rate, damping rate, motion ratio, unsprung weight, etc. Then simulated hitting expansion joints and potholes at different speeds to see how it would react. I did this all this my NC miata back then.
I made it all in Matlab at the time, but it's been years since I've played with it. If you have any questions or just want someone to bounce ideas off of, feel free to shoot me a PM!