STABILITY CRITERIA OF DRIVER-VEHICLE SYSTEM AND OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF VEHICLE HANDLING PERFORMANCE

The stability of a driver-vehicle system is analysed theoretically for lane change and straight running against crosswind, assuming a linear preview control of driver's steering manoeuvre. In order to evaluate objectively the handling performance of this typical driving, the quadratic forms of state variables as task performance and driver's work load are proposed, and their validity is confirmed by simulations on the steering property of current vehicles. (A)

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• Authors:
  • HARADA, H
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 597-615
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Vehicle Design
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1477-5360
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Drivers; Driving; Handling characteristics; Mathematical models; Simulation; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Traffic lanes
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 5930: Stability; 1834: Steering (process); 2827: Traffic lane; 1646: Vehicle handling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00744403
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 28 1998 12:00AM