A STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF GUIDEWAY BUS STEERING CONTROL SYSTEM. MOBILITY: THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE; PROCEEDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

This computer simulation study of the effects of steering parameters on lateral dynamics of the guideway bus contributes to the design of an optimum steering control system. The stability limits to vehicle lateral motion are analyzed. Emphasis is laid on the effects of moment of inertia of a conventional steering wheel and lateral elasticity of the guide rail which have proven to reduce the critical vehicle speed. It is shown conclusively that a normal bus equipped with additional simple guidance equipment can be guided smoothly on a simple guideway at adequately high vehicle speed. SAE paper no 871231. For the covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD no 808610. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Abe, M
  • Fukumoto, Y
  • TSUNASHIMA, H
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 231.1-8
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers (Australasia)
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Damping (Physics); Guideways; Moments of inertia; Motor vehicles; Simulation; Speed; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Traffic speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Moment of inertia; Steering control
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3874: Control; 5559: Damping; 5473: Dynamics; 639: Exclusive right of way; 5491: Inertia; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 5408: Speed; 1834: Steering (process); 1646: Vehicle handling
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470411
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM