Case study of vehicle maneuvers leading to rollovers: Need for a vehicle test simulating off-road excursions, recovery and handling

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Viano, David C ^a,b   Parenteau, Chantal ^c  

^a PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; CURVES (ROAD); DROPS; FRICTION; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; RECOVERY; TESTING; VEHICLE WHEELS;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; DRIVING SCENARIOS; ROLLOVER RESISTANCE; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; TRANSITION CONDITIONS; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; VARYING COEFFICIENTS;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

EID: 85072424644     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-0169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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