A study of the closed-loop directional stability of various commercial vehicle configurations.

Author(s)
MacAdam, C.C & Fancher, P.So
Abstract

Computer analysis of the closed-loop directional stability of four common commercial vehicle configurations was performed using 1) a disturbance input technique to study low lateral acceleration driving conditions, and 2) a lanechange manoeuvre for studying system response at elevated lateral acceleration conditions. The results of the disturbance input calculations indicated that drivers of different commercial vehicle configurations should be capable of providing adequate control compensation to achieve more or less equal stability margins for most systems.

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Library number
B 25175 (In: B 25160) /91/ IRRD 800054
Source

Int The dynamics of vehicles on roads and on tracks Proceedings of the 9th IAVSD-Symposium held at Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, June 24-28, 1985- Supplement to Vehicle System Dynamics, Volume 15, p, 367-382, 3 fig., 9 graph., 8 ref.

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