CHRYSLER/UMTRI WIND-STEER VEHICLE SIMULATION--USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 1.4. VOLUME II

The Wind-Steer model is a time-based simulation of the handling performance of a passenger car in response to steer inputs from a driver and external wind conditions. The simulation includes the aerodynamic properties of the vehicle, a closed-loop driver model, and vehicle chassis characteristics.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also UMTRI-90-19-1, Volume I.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150
• Authors:
  • SAYERS, M W
  • MacAdam, C C
  • Guy, Y
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 127 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Automobiles; Chassis; Crosswinds; Driving; Handling characteristics; Human machine systems; Simulation; Steering; Vehicle dynamics; Wind
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver/vehicle interaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00600541
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-90-19-2, HS-040 594
• Contract Numbers: 2000533
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM