Copyright c © 2006 SAE International This paper focuses on control strategies that are needed to stabilise a backing trailer and steer it into the desired di-rection. A model of the trailer and the car is used in order to calculate the desired steering wheel angle. An impor-tant constraint

it is possible to exert an advisable influence on the temporary processes, stepping out during car acceleration. For dependences identification, simulations investigations of the vehicle acceleration were done. These simulations were done with use of the Road Load Simulator. Thus the influence of transient

. Particular attention is paid to the forms of conversation occurring during car journeys and the manner in which they are complicated by seating and visibility arrangements. Finally, the paper touches upon the unusual form of hospitality which emerges in car-sharing. KEY WORDS: driving, passengers

The paper describes the modelling and validation of passenger car powertrain. The model is a part of research project focused on automatisation of passenger car transmission, design of a new shift system and solutions for optimal shift strategy.

Based on a large sample of about 690’000 passen-ger car accidents in Germany for the years 1998-2002 this study investigated in full detail the effec-tiveness of primary safety features in real world accident behaviour in Germany. In a first part of the paper, a statistically sound methodology

Abstract--Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE) or Passenger Car Unit (PCU) value is very important for any traffic flow studies of vehicles. Passenger car equivalents (PCE) are used as factors to convert a traffic stream composed of different vehicle types into an equivalent traffic stream composed

Abstract: This standard covers the basic procedures for the periodic inspection and maintenance of the carbody exteriors of passenger cars, with emphasis on maintenance of safety appliances and other safety critical systems.

The adequacy of the 1990 AASHTO geometric design policy for safely accommodating both passenger cars and trucks on horizontal curves is evaluated. The evaluation includes both the high-speed or open-highway horizontal curve design criteria in AASHTO Green Book Geometric design policy

This is the author’s version of a work that was submitted/accepted for pub-lication in the following source: Knibbs, Luke D., Morawska, Lidia, & Bell, Scott C. (2011) The risk of air-borne influenza transmission in passenger cars. Epidemiology and Infec-tion, 140(3), pp. 474-478. This file

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