HANDLING PROPERTIES OF LIGHT TRUCKS

In discussing handling for normal driving the Cornering Compliance Concept is used to combine the most significant parameters in a simple lumped parameter model. Limit handling performance and the mechanics of rollover are discussed in the paper. It is observed that exposure to limit handling maneuvers is unlikely to occur in normal driving. The significance of vehicle handling properties to highway safety is an unknown at this time.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at SAE Meeting October 18-22, 1976
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Bickerstaff, D J
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery vehicles; Handling characteristics; Light trucks; Mathematical models; Rollover crashes; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling; Models; Parameters
• Old TRIS Terms: Cornering (Vehicle)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159686
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 760710 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM