ARTICULATED VEHICLE HANDLING SUMMARY
AN ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ARTICULATED VEHICLE HANDLING WAS CONDUCTED TO DEVELOP THE FACILITY FOR PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-ARTICULATED VEHICLES DURING COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED ROAD AND SPEED-MANEUVERS AND SUBJECT TO AERODYNAMIC INFLUENCES. AN EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED DIGITAL SIMULATION MODEL WAS DEVELOPED WHICH UTILIZES THE INVERSE TRAJECTORY METHOD WHEREBY THE STEERING DEMANDS, BRAKING DEMANDS, AND THE VEHICLE RESPONSE ARE COMPUTED FOR GIVEN TIRE CHARACTERISTICS AND PRESCRIBED TRACTOR TRAJECTORY. /NTIS/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Contract DOT-HS-105-1-151
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Corporate Authors:
IIT Research Institute
10 West 35th Street
Chicago, IL United States 60616 -
Authors:
- Eshleman, R L
- Desai, S D
- Publication Date: 1972-4
Media Info
- Pagination: 28 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking; Joints; Mathematical models; Simulation; Steering; Tires; Vehicle performance
- Old TRIS Terms: Articulation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223989
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 24 1973 12:00AM