A study of the yaw stability of tractor-semitrailer combinations.

Author(s)
Ervin, R.. & Mallikarjunarao, C.
Year
Abstract

A simplified analysis of the steady-turning characteristics of the tractor-semitrailer combination shows that, in order for a jackknife type of directional instability to occur in the absence of braking, the tractor must, itself, exhibit an overstreer behaviour and must be operated above its critical speed.

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Library number
B 21738 (In: B 21729) /91/ IRRD 268929
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. 111-126, 2 fig., 6 graph., 9 ref.

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