Using a Vehicle Dynamics Handbook as a Tool for Improving the Steering and Braking Performances of Heavy Trucks 870494
This paper describes maneuvering situations that have been included in a vehicle dynamics handbook developed to summarize the effects of the mechanical properties of vehicles and components in maneuvers involving the braking and steering of straight and articulated heavy trucks. It provides descriptions of performance signatures and measures that have been applied in analyzing a set of benchmark vehicles-a straight truck, a tractor-semitrailer, a double, a triple, a truck-full-trailer, and a B-train. The sensitivities of vehicle performance to changes in component properties are used to outline how improvements in dynamic performance might be planned through a vehicle synthesis process.
Citation: Fancher, P. and Mathew, A., "Using a Vehicle Dynamics Handbook as a Tool for Improving the Steering and Braking Performances of Heavy Trucks," SAE Technical Paper 870494, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870494. Download Citation
Author(s):
P. S. Fancher, A. Mathew
Affiliated:
Transportation Research Institute The University of Michigan
Pages: 18
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Automotive Crash Avoidance Research-SP-0699
Related Topics:
Heavy trucks
Vehicle dynamics /flight dynamics
Vehicle performance
Trucks
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