understanding, the set of equations of motions apart from the equations of front and rear body have been

represented in matrix format:

here
M = Mass matrix = (

K = Equivalent Damping constant matrix =

(2k2v+2dr

) -2k2v 0 0 0 0 0
0
0 (km+dr

)(0.5+

) (km+dr

+kmn1) kmn1 0 0 (km+dr

)(0.5-

) 0
0 (kn1+dr

)(0.5+

) -kmn1 (kn1+dr

+kmn1+kn1n2) -kn1n2 0 (kn1+dr

)(0.5-

) 0
0 (kn2+dr

)(0.5+

) 0 kn1n2 (kn2+dr

+kn1n2+kn2n3) kn2n3 0 (kn2+dr

)(0.5-

) 0




0 (knn+dr

)(0.5+

) 0 0 0 -k(n-1)n (knn+dr

+k(n-1)n) (knn+dr

)(0.5-

)
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 -2k2h
(2k2h+2dr

C = Equivalent spring coefficient matrix =
(2c
1v
+2c
2v
) -2c
2v
0 0 0 0
0 0
0 cm(0.5+

) (cm+cmn1) cmn1 0 0
cm(0.5-

) 0
0 cn1(0.5+

) -cmn1 (cn1+ cmn1+cn1n2) -cn1n2 0

cn1(0.5-

) 0
0 cn2(0.5+

) 0 cn1n2 (cn2+ cn1n2+cn2n3) cn2n3 0

cn2(0.5-

) 0




0 cnn(0.5+

) 0 0 0 -c(n-1)n (cnn+ c(n-1)n)

cnn(0.5-

) 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 -2c2h
(2c1h+2c2h)

[

F = External force = *(

) (

)+

Looking at the matrices above, the first and the last rows which are equations of motion of front and rear
tires are independent of the number of the number of components in the exhaust system and so these
two equations are fixed for any system. The remaining rows have a uniform pattern, on observing
closely one finds that the first and last 2 columns of the remaining rows are similar and rest of the
columns are being shifted with appropriate changes in the subscript of te variables. So, it is very easy to
define an algorithm that generates the equation o Once the equations are generated, the equations of
front and rear body are found as follows:
(

)
(