Research on Vehicle Swing Model based on Road Structure: Driving Safety and Comfort

Authors

Lunhui Xu, School of Civil and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641 P. R. ChinaFollow
Qiang Luo
Yanguo Huang

Author Country (or Countries)

Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China

Abstract

The vehicle swing is a major factor on driving safety and comfort, while the acceleration noise is exactly a description of vehicle swing. Thus, acceleration noise can be a good evaluation indicator of driving safety and comfort. First, the vehicle forces are analyzed in three dimensions, and six vehicle swing models (VSMs) are established based on different road structure by combining acceleration noise theory. Then, the time discrete method is used to further discretize these models for easy calculation and application in practice projects. Finally, a large number of simulation experiments are performed with appropriate roads. The simulation results show that curvature radius, ramp angle, and superelevation slope angle are the major influence factors to driving safety and comfort. This paper not only provides mathematic expression in driving safety and comfort evaluation, but also has certain reference to the geometric design during the design of new highway.

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Recommended Citation

Xu, Lunhui; Luo, Qiang; and Huang, Yanguo (2013) "Research on Vehicle Swing Model based on Road Structure: Driving Safety and Comfort," Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences: Vol. 07: Iss. 2, Article 45.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/amis/vol07/iss2/45