VEHICLE HANDLING : EFFECTS OF LATERAL ASYMMETRIES ON TURNING RESPONSE AND SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL

This study is in two parts. The first is an examination of the significance of lateral asymmetries on the response of four-wheel motor vehicles to steering inputs of opposite senses. The study considers several physical causes for this asymmetric response and examines the effect on both steady turning response and open-loop transient response. The second part is an examination of some aspects of closed-loop vehicle control. This study addresses several questions relating to closed-loop control of vehicles in severe maneuvers or emergency situations in which the vehicle response characteristics may be altered.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1982 UMI Company, Ann Arbor, Mich. Remarks: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan
• Authors:
  • Wilson, Douglas Lee
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: xiv, 318 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic steering control; Driving

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00788514
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Mar 23 2000 12:00AM