AN INVESTIGATION OF HIGH-SPEED AUTOMOBILE STEERING RESPONSE

The significance of the effects of steering compliance and aerodynamic life on high speed automobile's steering response was investigated on two vehicles, a ford falcon xw (1969) station-wagon and a GM-Holden Kingswood KG (1974) response was investigated on two vehicles, a Ford Falcon XW of the Ford Falcon to enable the simulation of vehicles with very degraded aerodynamic characteristics. Mathematical analysis showed the importance of the inclusion of steering compliance effects in determining stability factor, and hence the vehicle's high speed yaw rate sensitivity. Both experiments and theory showed that the actual high speed yaw rate response is not significantly less than that predicted from a low speed skid pad test, however, slight errors were found which are likely to be due to steering system nonlinearity and the effects of aerodynamic lift. /Author/TRRL/

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  Swets and Zeitlinger BV

  3476 Heerweg, Publications Department
  Lisse,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Ronosulistyo, C W
  • Sweatman, P F
  • Joubert, P N
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 239-264
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance tests; Aerodynamics; Automated vehicle control; Automobiles; Driving; Handling characteristics; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Simulation; Speed; Steering; Theory; Vehicle dynamics; Wind; Yaw
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicle responses
• ITRD Terms: 5492: Aerodynamics; 6471: Analysis (math); 1243: Car; 6473: Mathematical model; 5408: Speed; 1834: Steering (process); 1646: Vehicle handling; 2554: Wind
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159852
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM