TRANSIENT AERODYNAMIC AND MOMENTS ON MODELS OF VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH CROSS-WIND

In the past, investigations of the dynamic performance of vehicles using scale models have rarely been attempted. This paper describes the experimental transient side forces and yawing moments on 1/10 scale models of vehicles passing through cross-wind region. From this study, it is clarified that the model experiment is an effective method in analyzing the dynamic behavior of vehicles in cross-wind. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the International Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition held by the Society of Automotive Engineers in Detroit, February 28-March 4, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Yoshida, Y
  • Muto, S
  • Imaizumi, T
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Crosswinds; Dynamics; Engineering moments; Scale models; Vehicle performance; Yaw
• Old TRIS Terms: Moments
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152961
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 770391
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM