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/
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Supplemental Notes:
- RPT NO SAE-730181
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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.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Axle load force; Braking; Information processing; Mathematical models; Rolling contact; Simulation; Skid resistance; Stopping distances; Tires; Tractor trailer combinations; Trucks; Vehicle performance
- Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles
- Old TRIS Terms: Antiskid device; Truck performance
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;
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