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Handling, Braking, and Crash Compatibility Aspects of Small, Front-Wheel Drive Vehicles
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Handling, Braking, and Crash Compatibility Aspects of Small, Front-Wheel Drive Vehicles - A mathematical model is used to compare the dynamic handling characteristics of four different vehicle concepts:
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Front engine/front-wheel drive
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Front engine/rear-wheel drive
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Rear engine/front-wheel drive
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Rear engine/rear-wheel drive
The second section of this paper deals with the design considerations posed by small, front-wheel drive vehicles in regard to the proper proportioning of the brake force distribution with a particular view to braking distance and directional control behavior of the vehicle during brake input.
The third section is a study of the vehicle-to-vehicle collision based on current statistics. An effort is made to provide an interpretation of the distribution of accident fatalities in collisions between large and small vehicles.