A LATERAL STEERING DYNAMICS MODEL FOR THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRTRANS. RESEARCH REPORT

A lateral dynamic steering model of the automatically steered AIRTRANS vehicle at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is developed. The general nonlinear model is linearized and presented in a form suitable for ride quality investigation. A set of independent, non-dimensional vehicle parameters is identified. Basic system natural frequencies and modes are identified, and the sensitivity of system response to basic system design parameters is presented. It was found that vehicle steering gain and speed have a greater effect upon vehicle ride quality than other vehicle parametes. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, Office of University Research.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Texas, Austin

  Council for Advanced Transportation Studies
  Austin, TX  United States  78712
• Authors:
  • SMITH, C C
  • Tsao, S
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 74 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intra airport transit; Mathematical models; Motor vehicles; Ride quality; Speed; Traffic speed
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Airtrans
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173694
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-50126
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM