The Vehicle Dynamics Library (VDL) is a Dymola-based Modelon solution for simulation of road vehicle dynamics. The library is successfully used in several real-time applications, including Driving Simulators. A key to the success is the efficient representation of suspension kinematics that allows for multi-body representations of suspensions to be simulated with high performance. These models are written such that the kinematic constraint equations can be solved analytically by Dymola. The scope of this thesis is to extend the set of available suspension kinematics models.

Student profile: One or two highly motivated and skilled students with interest in multi-body mechanics, mathematics, and programming (Modelica).