Change in wheel load or center of mass in a vehicle
For the use in dancing, see Weight transfer (dancing).
Not to be confused with Mass transfer.
Chevrolet Camaro performing a wheelie during drag racing.A motorcyclist performing a stoppie.A Toyota MR2 leaning to the outside of a turn.
Weight transfer and load transfer are two expressions used somewhat confusingly to describe two distinct effects:[1]
the change in load borne by different wheels of even perfectly rigid vehicles during acceleration
the change in center of mass (CoM) location relative to the wheels because of suspension compliance or cargo shifting or sloshing
In the automobile industry, weight transfer customarily refers to the change in load borne by different wheels during acceleration.[2] This would be more properly referred to as load transfer,[1][3] and that is the expression used in the motorcycle industry,[4][5] while weight transfer on motorcycles, to a lesser extent on automobiles, and cargo movement on either is due to a change in the CoM location relative to the wheels. This article uses this latter pair of definitions.
^ abFoale, Tony (2006). Motorcycle Handling and Chassis Design (Second ed.). Tony Foale Designs. pp. 9–1. ISBN 978-84-933286-3-4.
^Gillespie, Thomas D. (1992). Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics. SAE International. ISBN 978-1-56091-199-9.
^Pacejka, Hans B. (2006). Tyre and vehicle dynamics (Second ed.). SAE International. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-7680-1702-1. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
^Cossalter, Vittore (2006). Motorcycle Dynamics (Second ed.). Lulu.com. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-4303-0861-4.
^Cocco, Gaetano (2005). Motorcycle Design and Technology. Motorbooks. pp. 40–46. ISBN 978-0-7603-1990-1.
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