Roll dynamics and lateral load transfer estimation in articulated heavy freight vehicles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 985-997

  Kamnik, R ^a   Boettiger, F ^b   Hunt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lateral load transfer; Rollover prediction; Truck rollover

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CARGO HANDLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERING; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACTORS (TRUCK); TRUCK TRAILERS;

HEAVY FREIGHT VEHICLES; LATERAL LOAD TRANSFER; ROLL DYNAMICS; ROLLOVER PREDICTION; TRUCK ROLLOVER;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0842283267     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440703770383884     Document Type: Article

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