Vehicle handling and active safety - Alfa Romeo's researches on driver vehicle system.

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL RESEARCH CARRIED OUT AT ALFA ROMEO. THE EXPERIMENTAL TESTS ARE CONDUCTED ON THE 500-ACRE BALOCCO TEST TRACK WITH INSTRUMENTED VEHICLES; THEORETICAL RESEARCH USES MODELS WITH N DEGREES OF FREEDOM, WHICH INVESTIGATE ROLL, YAW AND LATERAL TRAVERSE OF THE SPRUNG MASSES. EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH ARE PRESENTED. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 802816.