PREDICTION OF BRAKING AND DIRECTIONAL RESPONSES OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
This paper provides an overview of the truck and tractor-trailer braking and handling project which the Highway Safety Research Institute (HSRI) has been conducting for the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association. The purpose of this research is to establish a digital computer-based mathematical method for predicting the longitudinal and directional responses of trucks and tractor-trailers. In the context of this study, prediction involves the use of computer simulations to obtain numerical results that quantify the braking and steering responses of specific commercial vehicles (or projected vehicles). In addition to providing numerical results, the simulations can aid in developing an understanding of how changes in vehicle components and/or test conditions influence the response of a motor-truck system. A basic understanding of the influence of changes in vehicle parameters and test conditions on vehicle response is fundamental to gaining confidence that the simulations are predicting valid and useful results.
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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:
- Fancher Jr, P S
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1975
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 439-462
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer programs; Digital computers; Forecasting; Simulation; Tractor trailer combinations; Trucks; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle performance
- Old TRIS Terms: Truck performance; Vehicle responses
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00127520
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM