DEVELOPMENT OF VEHICLES-IN-USE SUB-LIMIT MANEUVERS. VOLUME I: SUMMARY REPORT
Automobile sub-limit performance maneuvers and measures were developed for investigating the influence of vehicles-in-use steering, suspension, and brake system degradation and tire factors on vehicle handling. The maneuvers and performance measures are directed at vehicle static and dynamic stability characteristics, vehicle controllability, driver workload, and vehicle path stability under unbalanced force or moment disturbance inputs. The NHTSA automobile simulation was modified to incorporate various steering and suspension degradations and was employed to guide selection of maneuver and component degradation levels for full-scale vehicle testing. A multi-vehicle test plan was outlined to extend the current vehicle data base, to refine the maneuvers and procedures developed in this program, and to initiate development of meaningful acceptability criteria for vehicles-in-use sub-limit performance testing.
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Supplemental Notes:
- See also Volume 2, PB-269 676.
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Corporate Authors:
Systems Technology, Incorporated
13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard
Hawthorne, CA United States 90250National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Crash Avoidance Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Johnston, D E
- Publication Date: 1977-8
Media Info
- Pagination: 37 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Braking; Dynamic loads; Maneuverability; Simulation; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Suspension systems; Suspensions; Testing; Tires; Vehicle design; Vehicle performance
- Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic response
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00167268
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-541 Final Rpt., STI-TR-1064-1
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01191
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Nov 23 1978 12:00AM