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Introduction
The perfect steering is achieved when all the four wheels are rolling perfectly
under all conditions of running.
While taking turns, the condition of perfect rolling is satisfied if the axes of the
front wheels when produced meet the rear wheel axis at one point.
The larger is the steering angle, the smaller is the turning circle.
It has been found that steering angle (of inner wheel) can have a maximum
value of about 44o.
The diameter of smallest circle which the outer front wheel of a car can traverse
and obtained when wheels are at their extreme positions is known as the turning
circle.
Parts
1) Steering Wheel-
2) Track Rod-
3) Wheel:
4) Wheel Plate:
4) Flanged End :
10)Wheel Bracket:
6) Manual Steering Coloumn:
SOLIDWORKS MODEL
Since the car is turning toward the right, the right side wheel angle is more
than the left side wheel. This is so because, the right side wheel should cover
a small radius circle as compared to outer radius.
Rather than the preceding "turntable" steering, where both front wheels
turned around a common pivot, each wheel gained its own pivot, close to its
own hub. While more complex, this arrangement enhances controllability by
avoiding large inputs from road surface variations being applied to the end of a
long lever arm, as well as greatly reducing the fore-and-aft travel of the steered
wheels. A linkage between these hubs pivots the two wheels together, and by
careful arrangement of the linkage dimensions the Ackermann geometry could
be approximated. This was achieved by making the linkage not a simple
parallelogram, but by making the length of the track rod (the moving link
between the hubs) shorter than that of the axle, so that the steering arms of the
hubs appeared to "toe out". As the steering moved, the wheels turned according
to Ackermann, with the inner wheel turning further. If the track rod is placed
ahead of the axle, it should instead be longer in comparison, thus preserving
this same "toe out".
REFERENCES
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_steering_geometry
2) http://www.rctek.com/technical/handling/ackerman_steering_principle.html
3) http://www.auto-ware.com/setup/ack_rac.htm