%0 Journal Article %T Optimal Roll Center Height of Front McPherson Suspension System for a Conceptual Class A Vehicle %J Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics %I Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz %Z 2383-4536 %A Meshkatifar, Javad %A Esfahanian, Mohsen %D 2014 %\ 06/01/2014 %V 1 %N 1 %P 10-16 %! Optimal Roll Center Height of Front McPherson Suspension System for a Conceptual Class A Vehicle %K Vehicle dynamics %K Roll center height %K McPherson suspension mechanism %R 10.22055/jacm.2014.10578 %X In this paper, the effects of roll center height of McPherson suspension mechanism on dynamic behaviour of a vehicle are first studied, and then the optimum location of roll center of this suspension system is determined for a conceptual Class A vehicle. ADAMS/Car software was used for the analysis of vehicle dynamic behaviour in different positions of suspension roll center. Next, optimization process has been done using ADAMS/Insight. Results show significant effects of roll center location on body roll angle, body roll rate and steering response. Also, the contradiction between body roll and steering response can be observed. %U https://jacm.scu.ac.ir/article_10578_3cdaf7097bd9f98624ec26e839b070d2.pdf