Effect of load-distributing devices on the stability of heavy vehicles

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-48

  Kack, Benoît ^a   Richard, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heavy vehicles; Load distributing devices; Vehicle stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STABILITY; TRUCK TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UNLOADING;

ANTI ROLLOVER MECHANISM; HEAVY VEHICLES; LOAD DISTRIBUTING DEVICES;

LOADING;

EID: 0030733870     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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