Car handling parameters were measured under the high speed travel, low lateral acceleration conditions typical of motorway cruising, and the results used to validate a car simulation program which predicts directional changes due to steer inputs. The program was then used to check the effect of changing car handling parameters upon a course correction manoeuvre. Simulations were carried out in which the effects of altering car parameters such as wheelbase and understeer were measured in terms of the changes in handwheel turn rates needed to complete a course correction manoeuvre. Further simulations were undertaken to investigate the relationship between the car parameters and the gain and time delays of two principal car responses with respect to steer, namely lateral acceleration and yaw rate.


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    Title :

    Investigation of Car Handling on Motorways


    Contributors:
    P. Gibson (author)

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    96 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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