Citation

Furukawa Y, Nakaya H. Int. J. Veh. Des. 1986; 7(5-6): 262-278.

Affiliation

Honda R and D Co, Jpn

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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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.