TRAFFIC SIMULATOR FOR VEHICLE DYNAMICS RESEARCH

KOERSIMULATOR FOER FORDONSDYNAMISK FORSKNING

In control engineering terms, the vehicle and driver constitute a closed control system. Human reactions cannot be described easily in mathematical terms, and use of a driver in combination with the analytical instrument provided by the vehicle simulator is therefore desirable. The driver drives as in an ordinary car, and the reactions of the vehicle are computerised and fed back to the driver through his sense organs. Work on the simulator began in the seventies, and study of the VW simulator exerted great influence. Financial assistance was obtained for the purchase of expensive visual and inertia systems. In comparison with visual systems used in conventional aircraft simulators, this system is very advantageous from the points of view of performance and costs. The system can at present provide: (1) a road with bends and inclines; (2) single- or multilane roads, rural different road markings; (4) different road surface textures; (5) signs and objects at side of road; (6) colours can be varied, fog and dark can be partly simulated; (7) the system generates three TV images edge-to-edge. Further development remains concerning objects which change in perspective. Studies of the effects of alcohol and drugs, and various disabilities, have been made. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • NORDMARK, S
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Dynamics; Human machine systems; Motor reactions; Reaction time; Simulation; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Man machine interaction
• ITRD Terms: 1855: Driving (veh); 5473: Dynamics; 2247: Reaction (human); 9103: Simulation; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385703
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM