COMPUTER SIMULATION OF VEHICLE HANDLING

AN EXISTING MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PASSENGER VEHICLE HANDLING WAS PROGRAMMED FOR USE IN A HYBRID COMPUTER SIMULATION. THE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF A 1967 FORD STATION WAGON AND A 1971 VOLKSWAGEN SUPER BEETLE WERE DETERMINED BY EXERCISING THE SIMULATION AND BY PHYSICAL TESTING. THE HYBRID COMPUTER RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH SUBSEQUENT TEST RESULTS TO VALIDATE THE SIMULATION. ESTABLISHED VEHICLE HANDLING TEST PROCEDURES WERE UTILIZED TO DERIVE LIMITS OF VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No BRL-6358
• Corporate Authors:

  Bendix Research Laboratory

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• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 259 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programming; Computers; Handling characteristics; Mathematical models; Simulation; Testing; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling; Hybrids
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM