| Abstract: | Vehicle Handling Characteristics and Their Relationship to Vehicle Design Parameters
This paper reviews currently used test procedures for the determination of vehicle handling characteristics in the time and frequency domain. Driver subjective opinions lead to preferred tendencies or ranges of these quantities. The results of closed-loop tests show the adaptability of drivers to the dynamic characteristics of vehicles. The relationship between handling characteristics and design parameters is obtained from the analysis of a simple vehicle model. Comparison of these results with the prefered ranges found in closed-loop tests yields aids for the design of vehicles. |
