Passenger Vehicle Dynamics Models

R2026b

To analyze the dynamic system response in common ride and handling maneuvers, Vehicle Dynamics Blockset™ provides these pre-assembled vehicle dynamics models.

Vehicle Model	Description	Vehicle Body Degrees-of-Freedom (DOFs)	Wheel DOFs
Passenger 14DOF Vehicle	Vehicle with four wheels Available as model variant in the maneuver reference applications	Six Translational Rotational Longitudinal ✓ Pitch ✓ Lateral ✓ Yaw ✓ Vertical ✓ Roll ✓	Two per wheel - eight total Translational Rotational Vertical ✓ Rolling ✓
Passenger 7DOF Vehicle	Vehicle with four wheels Available as model variant in the maneuver reference applications	Three Translational Rotational Longitudinal ✓ Pitch   Lateral ✓ Yaw ✓ Vertical   Roll	One per wheel - four total Rotational Rolling ✓
Passenger 3DOF Vehicle	Vehicle with ideal tire	Three Translational Rotational Longitudinal ✓ Pitch   Lateral ✓ Yaw ✓ Vertical   Roll	None

From the Simulink^® start page, you can open project files that contain the vehicle models.