MEASURES OF THE LATERAL PLACEMENT OF PASSENGER CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES IN PROXIMITY TO INTERCITY BUSES ON 2 LANE AND MULTILANE HIGHWAYS
The report summarizes one phase of an experimental and analytical program to quantify the effect of bus-induced aerodynamic disturbances on adjacent vehicle safety performance. This report presents the results of bus and disturbed-vehicle lateral placement measures on the highway, using MC-6 and MC-7 buses and a variety of roadway geometries and ambient wind conditions. The other phases of the study involved wind tunnel experiments, driver/vehicle response and performance analyses and simulations, and full scale tests with instrumented vehicles at an off-the-highway test site. The results of these phases are reported elsewhere.
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Corporate Authors:
Systems Technology, Incorporated
13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard
Hawthorne, CA United States 90250 -
Authors:
- Weir, D H
- Sihilling, C S
- Publication Date: 1972-10
Media Info
- Pagination: 64 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Automobiles; Buses; Drag; Flow fields; Highway traffic; Highways; Passenger vehicles; Passing; Photography; Roads; Safety engineering; Spacing; Traffic surveys; Width; Wind
- Old TRIS Terms: Aerodynamic characteristics; Lateral proximity; Overtaking and passing; Photographic techniques; Relative speeds; Vehicular traffic
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00046301
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: STI-TR-1016-2 Final Rpt
- Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7570
- Files: NTIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM