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EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringSystems EngineeringCrashworthinessVehicle DynamicsVehicle Safety EngineeringCollision AvoidanceHandling DynamicsRoad SafetyTire MechanicsTraffic SafetyVehicle ControlDriver BehaviorDriver-vehicle InteractionManeuvering Mathematical ModelsNonlinear Vehicle DynamicsTire ModelingVehicle Handling DynamicsVehicle Load ModelingVehicle Safety
The report describes a series of models and computer programs designed to analyze vehicle handling and driver/vehicle interaction in a variety of severe (collision avoidance) maneuvering scenarios. The volume provides technical background on the driver/vehicle/roadway system model, vehicle dynamics, maneuvering effects on vehicle handling, and driver/vehicle interaction. It discusses the importance of tire characteristics to vehicle dynamics and summarizes the development of a full-maneuvering tire model. It summarizes issues on vehicle load transfer to tires and its effect on tire characteristics and vehicle dynamics during maneuvering. It discusses linear analysis and nonlinear simulation of vehicle dynamics, driver models, driver/vehicle interaction, and summarizes crash avoidance scenarios using a driver/vehicle/roadway model. Computer programs to implement these models are discussed in other volumes in the series.