POWER STEERING FAILURE STUDY. VOLUME II. TECHNICAL REPORT

This report describes the feasibility of modifying power steering systems to prevent excessive steering effort resulting from a power steering failure. Field test data are presented which provide the basis for requirements for maximum steering forces, minimum flow rates and horsepower as a function of vehicle size, maximum allowable delay time (transient time prior to forces exceeding limits), and minimum operation time.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-275 626.
• Corporate Authors:

  Systems Technology, Incorporated

  13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard
  Hawthorne, CA  United States  90250

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Klein, R H
  • Szostak, H T
  • Ashkenas, I L
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 99 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Cost effectiveness; Failure; Feasibility analysis; Field tests; Flow; Force; Horsepower; Hydraulic equipment; Mechanical failure; Power steering; Pumps; Servomechanisms; Size; Steering; Traffic delays; Vehicle characteristics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Flow rate
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydraulic power pumps; Hydraulic servomechanisms; Modification kits
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169750
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-803-033 Final Rpt., STI-TR-103-1-Vol-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-6-01428
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM