Simulation Analysis of Vehicle Handling Stability Based on Trucksim

Based on the Trucksim simulation platform and referring to the parameters of the real vehicle, the vehicle body model, tire model, powertrain model, steering system model and braking system model was constructed. After the parametric modeling of the whole vehicle, the steering wheel angle step test was selected for simulation verification referring to the standards of automobile handling stability test in China. Besides, the vehicle handling stability was analyzed with changing part of the vehicle structure parameters. The research result shows that, although the response forms of vehicle motion parameters are different, they all indicate that the faster the vehicle speed is, the more obvious the vibration of vehicle parameter curve will be, and the vehicle handling stability performance will decrease accordingly. In the steering wheel angle step test, by changing the height of the vehicle's center of mass and the front and rear wheelbases, it can be explained that reducing the height of the vehicle's center of mass and increasing the wheelbase can improve the handling stability of the vehicle.