Unstable articulated vehicles pose a serious threat to the occupants driving them as well as the occupants of the vehicles around them. Articulated vehicles typically experience three types of instability: snaking, ...

This paper presents inexpensive methods whereby the vehicle side-slip angle can be measured accurately at low speeds on any terrain using cameras. Most commercial side-slip angle sensor systems and estimation techniques ...

Extensive research was done on the rolling radius of a tyre from the 1960s to the 1980s, specifically looking at the tractive performance of tractors and agricultural vehicles. The research was limited to investigating ...

Vehicle safety and performance can be dramatically improved if force or friction measurement of the tyre-terrain interface is known. Since the tyre-terrain interface is responsible for the majority of forces acting on the ...

In recent years, advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) have been used to improve the safety of vehicles by either providing additional information to the driver or by taking over complete control. The majority of ADASs ...

Road traffic accidents place a burden on the global economy. This impact is reduced by the development of safer vehicles. Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) aim to reduce the frequency and severity of accidents. ADASs ...

Vehicle accident statistics indicate that fatalities due to rollover of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are of international concern. Soft suspension, combined with high centre-of-gravity, increase SUV rollover propensity. ...

This paper proposes a novel concept for the modelling of a vehicle steering driver model for path following. The proposed steering driver reformulates and applies the Magic Formula, used for tyre lateral force vs. slip ...

The location of a vehicle’s centre of mass is an important parameter as it has a determining effect on the dynamics of a vehicle. The height of the vehicle centre of mass from the roll and pitch centres has a large ...