IMPROVEMENT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR SIMULATION OF VEHICLE HANDLING. VOLUME 4. USERS' GUIDE FOR THE GENERAL SIMULATION

A basic goal of the project was to create an all digital simulation for vehicle handling capable of handling both open-loop and closed-loop maneuvers up to and including the limit regime. Another goal was extensive modularization, so that difficulties in possible future program development would be minimized. The simulation consists of two main parts, namely, a vehicle model called IDSFC and a general purpose driver module called DRIVER. Interfacing between the driver module and the vehicle model is handled by 3 subroutines which can be readily altered to use the driver module with different vehicle models.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 3, PB80-207087, and Volume 6, PB80-207103.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Department of Biostatistics
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • GARROTT, W R
  • Wilson, D L
  • White, A M
  • SCOTT, R A
• Publication Date: 1979-7-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 160 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Computer programming; Degrees of freedom; Digital simulation; Feedback control; Mathematical models; Motor vehicles; Stability (Mechanics)
• Subject Areas: Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318908
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-805-365
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01715
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 27 2002 12:00AM