This study focuses on changes in the friction characteristics of paved roads under various conditions from the viewpoint of traffic safety. In general, the braking characteristics of road vehicles are examined using the μ–s characteristics of the ...
The Personal Mobility Vehicle (PMV), which has an inward-tilting angle, turns with lateral force due to a large camber angle, so it is necessary to consider the lateral movement of the tire vertical load axis during turning. Although the steering ...
This study focuses on the possibility of constructing a database on friction coefficients for actual roads from the viewpoint of traffic safety. A measurement algorithm is established to construct a road friction-measuring device. Next, the tires ...
The characteristic of on-centered steering stability is important to contract a control system for autonomous vehicle, and we need to investigate the systematic treatment. As a first stage of this research, we have constructed a steering model wit...
This study discussed driver's sensitivity and adaptability to variation of handling characteristics. Firstly, we constructed an experimental vehicle, which is installed steer-by-wire (SBW) system. In order to seize basic characteristic of driver a...
This paper is concerned with the behavior of drivers of heavy-duty vehicles in following cars analyzed using a driver model. We first focus on a way for drivers to obtain information so that they can longitudinally control their vehicles. The mode...
This paper describes the stability of a tractor-semitrailer combination while braking. We first constructed nonlinear equations of motion for articulated vehicles with 8 degrees of freedom. Secondly, a simulation study was carried out to model veh...