Lateral acceleration The acceleration created when a vehicle corners that tends to push a vehicle sideways.

Because of Centrifugal force, the vehicle is pushed outward. For this reason, you need to accelerate a little as you reach the Apex of the curve to pull you through the curve. An inexperienced Driver may panic in a curve as the lateral acceleration pushes his vehicle into the left lane. He might hit the brakes to slow the motion only to find that the problem actually increases. The proper way to take a sharp corner is to slow down before the curve, then accelerate at the Apex of it to bring the vehicle around. Tire slip The difference between the speed of the vehicle and the speed between the tire and the ground, expressed in a percentage. Slip angle The difference in the actual path taken by a vehicle making a turn and the path it would have taken if it had followed exactly as the wheels were pointed. The slip angle is the result of the tire carcass s flexibility and is the angular difference between the direction the wheel is traveling and the direction of the Tread. !f the slip angles of the rear tires are greater than the slip angles of the front tires, the vehicle is said to be over steering. Roll The motion of a vehicle in which the springs on one side of the vehicle compress while the springs on the other side extend. !f the roll is extensive, the vehicle will fall on its side. Also less accurately called sway or lean, it occurs in corners because the car s center of gravity is almost always higher than the axis about which it rotates.

Roll angle The angular displacement of a vehicle about its longitudinal axis, i.e., tendency of a vehicle to tip over when cornering or in high cross winds. Roll resistance The turning moment or Torque that the Suspension makes when the body rolls and the suspension tries to pull the body back to its normal upright position. !t is usually measured in lb"ft#degree of roll. $hen the springs are stiffer or when the perpendicular distance from the springs to the Roll center is greater then the roll stiffness increases. As a result, the vehicle corners flatter. Also called roll resistance. Yaw !t is the rotation about a vertical axis that passes through the car s center of gravity. Lateral offset It is the offset of vehicle's lateral position relative to the lane center.

Roll moment In a vehicle suspension, roll moment is the moment of inertia of the vehicle's sprung mass (the portion of its weight supported by the suspension). The roll moment is the product of the sprung mass and the square of the distance between the vehicle's roll center and its center of mass. Interpolation Interpolation is the process of obtaining a value from a graph or table that is located between major points given, or between data points plotted. Extrapolation !trapolation is the process of obtaining a value from a chart or graph that e!tends beyond the given data. The "trend" of the data is e!tended past the last point given and an estimate made of the value.