REPORT ON THE LATERAL STABILITY OF ARTICULATED HIGHWAY VEHICLES

A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS IS BEING MADE OF THE LATERAL STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF CONVENTIONAL TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK COMBINATIONS. EQUATIONS OF MOTION ARE SOLVED BY USE OF A HIGH SPEED DIGITAL COMPUTER. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID TO THE INFLUENCE OF AERODYNAMIC FORCES WHICH ARE BEING STUDIED EXPERIMENTALLY USING SCALE MODELS TESTED IN A ROTATING ARM, WATER BASIN FACILITY. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 1241, 3 PP, 11 FIG, 2 TAB, 37 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Stevens Institute of Technology

  711 Hudson Street
  Hoboken, NJ  United States  07030
• Authors:
  • Dugoff, H
  • Ehrlich, R
• Publication Date: 1968-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Digital computers; Equations; Mathematical models; Motion; Stability analysis; Theory; Tractor trailer combinations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral loads; Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223195
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 9 1970 12:00AM