TESTS SHOW THAT DEGRADATION OF STEERING, SUSPENSION SYSTEMS DOESN'T ALWAYS AFFECT CAR SAFETY

ROAD TESTS AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONS SHOW THAT DEGRADATION OF THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION SYSTEMS OF PASSENGER CARS HAS AN INFLUENCE ON VEHICLE STABILITY AND CONTROL THAT VARIES FROM ZERO IN SOME CARS, TO THE POINT WHERE THE VEHICLE MAY NO LONGER BE DRIVEN SAFELY. THE AMOUNT OF THIS VARIATION DEPENDS ON WHAT COMPONENT IS DEGRADED AND HOW MUCH. DEGRADATION OF SHOCK ABSORBERS, BALL JOINTS, STEERING GEAR, FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT, STABILITY BAR, AND STEERING DAMPER WAS STUDIED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 79, No 7, PP 20-24
• Corporate Authors:

  Automotive Engineering

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • RICE, R S
  • Belsdorf, M R
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Shock absorbers; Steering; Steering gears; Suspensions; Vehicle performance; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Degradation
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223673
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM