The Influence of Vehicle Aerodynamic and Control Response Characteristics on Driver-Vehicle Performance

790385

02/01/1979

Event
1979 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
The effects of changes in understeer, control sensitivity, and location of the lateral aerodynamic center of pressure of a typical passenger vehicle on the driver's opinion and on the performance of the driver-vehicle system were studied in the moving-base driving simulator at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Twelve subjects with no prior experience on the simulator and no special driving skills performed regulation tasks in the presence of both random and step wind gusts. The lower weights and moments of inertia of future passenger vehicles can be expected to change the effect of wind gusts making the evaluation of aerodynamic and control response characteristics on closed-loop wind disturbance regulation a matter of increased interest.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/790385
Pages
9
Citation
Alexandridis, A., Repa, B., and Wierwille, W., "The Influence of Vehicle Aerodynamic and Control Response Characteristics on Driver-Vehicle Performance," SAE Technical Paper 790385, 1979, https://doi.org/10.4271/790385.
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Published
Feb 1, 1979
Product Code
790385
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English