Factors affecting the stability of the car on the road

 Factors affecting the stability of the car on the road

The stability of the car on the road is one of the most important technologies that the major car companies in the world are interested in, and it is considered one of the things that most affect the classification of cars in terms of safety. There are several factors that control the stability of the car on the road, which are:

The first factor

One of the strongest and most important factors affecting the stability of the car is what is called the “center of gravity of the car.” We know the “center of gravity” as the point at which the earth’s gravity is the strongest possible. The engine is the heaviest part in the car, so the center of gravity must be at the front, and here the companies compete to load the engine on the body of the car by moving away from the front as much as possible by designing the chassis so that when the engine is placed on it, the weight of the engine is transferred to the middle of the car as much as possible, and you also notice that The longer the body of the car, the longer it leaves a space between the front and the beginning of the engine body. In some advanced cars, you find that a large part of the engine is placed under the dashboard of the car, meaning that it is closer to the middle of the car.

The second factor

The effect of stability is that the front of the car is lower than the rear to reduce the amount of air entering under the car from the front, and with the height of the car from the rear, the volume of the void increases, and a pressure disturbance occurs under the car, which is called “vacuum”, which is the decrease in pressure under the car, and it pulls the body of the car down, which helps its stability.

The third factor

One of the factors affecting the stability of the car is the height of the rear of the car from the side of the luggage compartment, which is an “aero dynamic” design. The higher the end of the luggage compartment door, the higher the air pressure on the rear, and the lower the body of the car.

Fourth factor

One of the factors affecting stability is also the height of the car’s body off the ground, which increases the amount of air entering under the car, so it raises the car higher, which reduces its stability.

Fifth factor

The greater the weight of the vehicle, the more stable it is on the road.