Samenvatting
Sensitivity to crosswind is tested during straight driving and cornering and overtaking manoeuvres, with an evaluation of the influence of the most important vehicle dynamic parameters and driver behaviour and skills. The driver/vehicle system schematisation is a mathematical model in which the driver is engaged only with the steering wheel, both a skilled and unskilled driver are considered, and the vehicle is a rear-drive, medium-size sedan. The test has the vehicle on a 70 mph straight path run with a 20 ft wide lateral wind step of 50 mph.