VEHICLE HANDLING. A SIMULATION STUDY OF THE HANDLING PERFORMANCE OF THIRTEEN CONFIGURATIONS OF AN IMMEDIATE SIZE AMERICAN PASSENGER CAR. FINAL REPORT

A COMPREHENSIVE SEVENTEEN DEGREE OF FREEDOM VEHICLE HYBRID SIMULATION WAS USED TO EVALUATE THE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIRTEEN CONFIGURATIONS OF AN INTERMEDIATE SIZE AMERICAN PASSENGER CAR. THE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS EVALUATED INCLUDED TRANSIENT AND STEADY STATE STEERING, BRAKING, PASSING ACCELERATION, AND OVERTURNING STABILITY. AN INTERMEDIATE SIZE AMERICAN PASSENGER CAR AS IT WAS MANUFACTURED WAS USED AS THE INITIAL CONFIGURATION. THE OTHER TWELVE CONFIGURATIONS WERE OBTAINED BY DEFINING VARIATION OF THIS VEHICLE'S WEIGHT AND WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION, SUSPENSION SPRING RATES AND SHOCK ABSORBER DAMPING, TIRE SIZE AND STEERING WHEEL INERTIA. THE MODEL'S ACCURACY WAS VERIFIED BY COMPARING THE SIMULATED PERFORMANCE OF THREE CONFIGURATIONS WITH RESULTS OF ACTUAL TESTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Bendix Research Laboratory

  /Res Labs Div
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 159 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Handling characteristics; Overturning; Passing; Shock absorbers; Simulation; Steering; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Handling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223776
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1972 12:00AM