Driver-vehicle control and performance in the presence of aerodynamic disturbances from large vehicles. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1974.

Author(s)
Weir, D.H. Hoh, R.G. & Teper, G.L.
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Abstract

It is shown that adjacent passenger vehicles can be significantly disturbed by air flow around large vehicles. Experimental results show that factors such as vehicle size and shape, wind, speeds and relative speeds can cause adjacent cars to exceed normal lane boundaries despite driver corrective action. Several ways in which these effects might be minimized are suggested.

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B 9575 (In: B 8057 S) /83.2/91.1/ IRRD 215618
Source

In: Transportation Research Record TRR No. 520, 1974, p. 1-12, 2 fig., 8 graph., 9 ref. TW:aerodynamics- heavy vehicle- mathematical model- side- reaction (human)- model- wind- location- vehicle handling- car- movement- steering (proc)- perception- skill (road user)- shape- speed-

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