THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF ARTICULATED HIGHWAY VEHICLES--A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART
THIS PAPER REVIEWS THE STATE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY RELATIVE TO THE DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF ARTICULATED HIGHWAY VEHICLES. THE REVIEW CONTAINS THREE MAJOR SECTIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE TRADITIONAL BREAKDOWN OF VEHICLE PERFORMANCE: DIRECTIONAL PERFORMANCE, BRAKING PERFORMANCE, AND COMBINED DIRECTIONAL AND BRAKING PERFORMANCE. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO TAKE A FRANKLY EVALUATIVE POINT OF VIEW AND TO POINT OUT KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, IN ADDITION TO DOCUMENTING PREVIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS. THE PAPER CONCLUDES WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH CONSISTENT WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE REVIEW. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Rept No Sae 710223, 10 PP, REFS
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Corporate Authors:
Highway Safety Research Institute
Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, MI United States 48109 -
Authors:
- Dugoff, H
- Murphy, R W
- Publication Date: 1971
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking; Dynamics; Future; Research; State of the art studies; Technology; Tractor trailer combinations; Trailers; Vehicle dynamics
- Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic characteristics; Future research
- Old TRIS Terms: Direction
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223730
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: May 9 1972 12:00AM