Modelling of multi-unit heavy vehicle systems for automated guidance

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-46

  Tai, M ^a   Tomizuka, M ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulated heavy vehicle; Control model; Fifth wheel connection; Hitching mechanisms; Lagrangian mechanics; Multi unit heavy vehicle; Newtonian mechanics; Roll and pitch coupling; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; MACHINE DESIGN; TIRES;

HEAVY VEHICLE; HOLONOMIC CONSTRAINTS; MULTI UNIT HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS; NEWTONIAN MECHANICS; PITCH MOTIONS; ARTICULATED HEAVY VEHICLE; CONTROL MODEL; FIFTH-WHEEL CONNECTION; HITCHING MECHANISMS; MULTI-UNIT HEAVY VEHICLE; ROLL AND PITCH COUPLING; SIMULATION MODEL;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; TRUCKS;

EID: 1342308657     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhvs.2004.004030     Document Type: Article

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