THE SKIDDING OF VEHICLES, A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS

ANALYTICAL RESULTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED ON THE STEADY STATE STEERING RESPONSES OF AUTOMOBILE UNDER DISTURBANCES SUCH AS SUDDEN BRAKING, OR ACCELERATING IN A STRAIGHT PATH, ROAD CAMBER, THE TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF STEERING INPUTS, AND THE EFFECTS OF ROAD AND TIRE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE AUTOMOBILE. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO SET UP A GENERAL MODEL OF AN AUTOMOBILE, ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA OF SKIDDING, AND TO SEE WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE STABILITY, HANDLING, AND SKIDDING OF OF AN AUTOMOBILE. AS A RESULT OF PAST WORK MANY FACTORS OF MAN, VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE CAN BE CONNECTED SO THAT PREDICTIONS MAY BE MADE OF WHAT HAPPENS UP TO THE ONSET OF SKIDDING. /NTIS/ SKIDDING. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final Rept 12 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Carnegie Mellon University

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  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213-3890
• Authors:
  • SAIBEL, E A
  • Chiang, S L
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Drivers; Dynamic loads; Dynamics; Mathematical models; Reaction time; Skidding; Stability analysis; Steering; Vehicle dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Dynamic response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224043
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1973 12:00AM