ARTICULATED VEHICLE HANDLING

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. TO THIS END, AN EXPERIMENTALLY VALIDATED DIGITAL SIMULATION MODEL, AVDS II, WAS DEVELOPED WHICH USES THE INVERSE TRAJECTORY METHOD WHEREBY THE STEERING DEMANDS, BRAKING DEMANDS, AND THE VEHICLE RESPONSE ARE COMPUTED FOR GIVEN TIRE CHARACTERISTICS AND PRESCRIBED TRACTOR TRAJECTORY. THE AVDS II WAS USED TO CONDUCT A PARAMETER VARIATION STUDY ON THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT ARTICULATED VEHICLE HANDLING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-HS-1055-1-151
• 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: 499 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Joints; Mathematical models; Simulation; Steering; Tractor trailer combinations; Truck tractors; Vehicle performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Articulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1973 12:00AM