The load distrubation between curve inner and outer wheels during high speed cornering
is among other things a function of the front and rear trackwidth. Due to the lateral
acceleration there will be a load transfer from the curve inner to the curve outer wheels
present. In Figure 4.2 the MATLAB output for a steady state cornering simulation can
be viewed.The load on the curve inner wheels can be viewed as a function of trackwidth
and lateral acceleration. These plots are then compared with tyre data obtained from
Goodyear Racing showing how the vertical tyre loads influnces on the tyre’s ability to
produce lateral forces. An example of a tyre plot obtained from Goodyear Racing can be
viewed in Figure 4.3.