Title: Effects of steering response characteristics on control performance of the driver-vehicle system

Authors: Y. Furukawa, H. Nakaya

Addresses: Principal Engineer, Tochigi R&D Center, Honda R&D Co. Ltd., Japan. ' Lecturer, Shibaura lnstitute of Technology, Japan

Abstract: A series of closed-loop tests was conducted on a lateral motion simulator and a proving ground to find out how the driver|s control performance would be affected by the steering response characteristics of the vehicle. In any existing automobile with a conventional front-wheel steering system, the yaw and lateral acceleration responses can hardly be separated from each other. During the tests, these two characteristics were set independently by using a special experimental vehicle that could steer both the front and rear wheels. This permitted us to examine separately the roles that each of the two response characteristics play in a driver-vehicle system.

Keywords: simulation; steering response; vehicle control; yaw; acceleration response; driver-vehicle systems; lateral motion; vehicle design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1986.061179

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1986 Vol.7 No.5/6, pp.262 - 278

Published online: 25 May 2014 *

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