OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF ON-CENTER HANDLING PERFORMANCE

A test was developed to quantify automobile handling characteristics for the performance region encountered in freeway driving. Steering wheel angle and torque, vehicle speed and yaw rate are recorded during a low frequency sinusoidal steer maneuver. The data is reduced to steering hysteresis, on-center and off-center steering sensitivities and torque gradients, and a steering work parameter. This paper describes the test procedure and parameters. Test results are presented comparing the general attributes of foreign versus domestic cars, manual versus power steering, and rear versus front wheel drive.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 27-March 2, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Norman, K D
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Driving; Foreign automobiles; Front wheel drive; Handling characteristics; Hysteresis; Power steering; Rear wheel drive; Steering; Test procedures; Torque; Yaw
• Old TRIS Terms: Foreign vehicles; Test results
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393019
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 840069, HS-037 643
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1985 12:00AM