Abstract: | Based on the moving mesh technology in computational fluid dynamics(CFD), the numerical
simulation of the overtaking maneuver on two-lane roads was studied. The results show that in an overtaking process the lateral forces on the three vehicles increased first, then decreased, and finally stabilized. When the overtaking vehicle was between the two overtaken vehicles, the lateral forces fluctuated more frequently. With the change of the relative position between the vehicles, the centers of wind pressure at the three vehicles all moved forward, which affected the stability of the vehicles. When the absolute speeds of the overtaking and the overtaken vehicles increased, the maximum lateral forces on the three vehicles all increased linearly, which would reduce the vehicle running stability. |