Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site twitch.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!twitch!grt From: grt@twitch.UUCP ( G.R.Tomasevich) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Braking and moment of inertia. Message-ID: <246@twitch.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 12:44:43 EST Article-I.D.: twitch.246 Posted: Tue Oct 29 12:44:43 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:32:24 EST References: <57500021@inmet.UUCP> <306@watmum.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel Lines: 10 > We have been over this recently in the context of "weight transfer" The relevant moment is taken with respect to the front axle when braking and the rear axle when accelerating. Thus, if the center of mass is close to the front axle, as for front drivers, the moment over the rear axle is rather small when braking. Consider the extreme, with the car just balanced over the front axle. It tips over if you brake. -- George Tomasevich, ihnp4!twitch!grt AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ