HANDLING AND STABILITY ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE WITH SEMI-TRAILER
Vehicle with semi-trailer or "camping trailer" has been already familiar in the United States and also in Japan, it is gaining popularity gradually and expected to be widely needed in the Future. The handling performance of this vehicle presents very different characteristics particularly in high speed running, in limited cornering and in braking, as compared with those under disengaging from the semi-trailers. This paper introduces C.I.R.'s proposal concerning traction of trailer and deals with the results of analysis of its response to steering input. The results of the analysis has revealed that vehicle with semi-trailer has a critical speed and steering characteristics which are determined by their dimensions. /Author/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Originally published in the Transactions of the Society of Automative Engineers of Japan, Incorporated, No. 8, Febryary, 1975.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108, JapanSociety of Automotive Engineers of Japan
16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108, JapanSociety of Automotive Engineers of Japan
16-15, 1-chome, Takanawa, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108, Japan -
Authors:
- Chikamori, S
- Honda, M
- Publication Date: 1976-4
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 96-106
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Serial:
- Society of Automative Engineers (Japan) Bulletin
- Issue Number: 7
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Braking; Handling characteristics; Recreational vehicles; Stability analysis; Steel rails; Steering; Traction; Tractor trailer combinations; Trailers; Vehicle performance
- Uncontrolled Terms: Handling
- Old TRIS Terms: Cornering (Vehicle)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00156086
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM