A study of the directional and roll dynamics of multiplearticulated vehicles.

Author(s)
Mallikarjunarao, G. & Segel, L.
Year
Abstract

The low-speed manoeuvrability of a long vehicle is greatly improved when the vehicle is broken down into several short units that articulate with respect to one another. Such multiple-articulated vehicles have, however, a tendency to exhibit poor directional stability and low levels of rollover immunity during transient manoeuvres executed at highway speeds. A model which can be used to simulate the directional and roll response characteristic of a wide variety of multiple-articulated vehicle combinations is presented.

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B 21736 (In: B 21729) /91/ IRRD 268927
Source

In: The dynamics of vehicles on roads and tracks : proceedings of the 7th IAVSD symposium held at Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, September 7-11, 1981, p. 81-96, 9 fig., 5 graph., 8 ref.

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