A DIGITAL COMPUTER METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF TRUCKS AND TRACTOR-TRAILERS

THE DIGITAL SIMULATION OF THE LONGITUDINAL PERFORMANCE OF TRUCKS AND ARTICULATED VEHICLES WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY ANALYZING TANDEM AXLE DYNAMICS INCLUDING FOUR-SPRING AND WALKING BEAM SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE; TIME DELAYS IN BRAKE SYSTEM RESPONSE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LINE PRESSURE AND BRAKE TORQUE FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM MODEL; AND A TIRE MODEL. A HYPOTHETICAL ANTISKID DEVICE WAS SIMULATED ON A TANDEM AXLE ARTICULATED VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH WHEEL LOCKUP WAS PREVENTED, THE SIMULATED STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. /NHTSA/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • RPT NO SAE-730181
  • Corporate Authors:

    Highway Safety Research Institute

    Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
    Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
  • Authors:
    • BERNARD, J E
  • Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: 12 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00226758
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM