Lateral/Directional Stability of Tow Dolly Type Combination Vehicles Consulting Engineers

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Klein, Richard H., author.

Conference Name:

International Congress & Exposition (1996-02-26 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource cm

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1996

Summary:

Tow dolly type combination vehicles represent a unique configuration in that the tow dolly itself is essentially a simple "tow bar" with wheels, that does not apply a significant hitch load to the tow vehicle The resulting combination vehicle dynamics have been studied with a six degree of freedom linear mathematical model, which has been validated with full scale testing Results show that tow dolly combinations exhibit significantly higher yaw damping and do not degrade tow vehicle understeer as much as conventional trailers Other parameters studied include stiffness of the dolly swivel platform to rotation, tow dolly tire cornering stiffness and speed sensitivity

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Publisher Number:

960184

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license