THE ROLE OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN THE FORMULATION OF VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS
This paper briefly discusses the role of analytical techniques in the formulation of vehicle safety standards. The use of analytical techniques in the solution of vehicle handling and braking problems came of age with the digital computer in the era of the late fifties. Efficient use of the digital computer to solve numerical problems provided the engineer powerful tools for solving nonlinear differential equations. The present technology in this area is reviewed here along with the development criteria for safety standards. The paper also discusses the evaluation of response levels of general classes of vehicles and specific vehicle characteristics as they affect handling and braking capabilities. The emphasis in this paper is placed on actual maneuvers, roads, environments, and drivers. Separation of each of these effects is important in evaluations of braking and handling problems.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Appeared in Commercial Vehicle Braking and Handling Symposium, Proceedings, Ann Arbor, Mich 1975.
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Corporate Authors:
Highway Safety Research Institute
Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, MI United States 48109 -
Authors:
- Eshleman, R L
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1975
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 419-437
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking performance; Digital computers; Standards; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Vehicle responses; Vehicular safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00127519
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM