Scale-model vehicle analysis for the design of a steering controller

Proceedings of the Annual Southeastern Symposium on System Theory

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 201-205

  Hoblet, P ^a   O'Brien, R T ^a   Piepmeier, J A ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Automobiles; Axles; Bicycles; Gravity; Mathematical model; Modeling; System testing; Tires; Vehicle driving

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; AXLES; BICYCLES; DRIVE AXLES; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; SYSTEM THEORY; TIRES; VEHICLES;

BUCKINGHAM-PI THEOREM; CORNERING STIFFNESS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; SCALE MODELING; STEERING CONTROLLERS; SYSTEM TESTING;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84876465316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSST.2003.1194558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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