HANDLING TEST PROCEDURES FOR PASSENGER CARS PULLING TRAILERS. VOLUME III - APPENDICES

The document comprises Volume III of a three-volume technical report which summarizes the development of safe-handling test procedures for articulated vehicles. The main technical discussion and summary of results are presented in Volume II. These appendices, which elaborate and support the findings presented in Volume II, include the development of analytical and simulation models, listings of simulation input data for representative test vehicles, and time histories of the actual vehicle responses for simulation validation. Additional plots of data derived from the finalized step steer tests are also presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB-256 072.
• Corporate Authors:

  Systems Technology, Incorporated

  13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard
  Hawthorne, CA  United States  90250

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ashkenas, I L
  • Hofmann, L G
  • Klein, R H
  • Zellner, J W
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 134 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Braking; Dynamic loads; Highway safety; Maneuverability; Mathematical models; Passenger vehicles; Performance tests; Safety; Simulation; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Traffic safety; Trailers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles; Dynamic response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143198
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: STI-TR-1052-1-Vol-3 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-937
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00900
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM