Transport Canada’s Dangerous Goods Directorate (TDG) data base of crashes involving a vehicle carrying dangerous goods shows 810 rollovers in 1,874 reported crashes from 1990 to 1998, and 83% of these involved highway tank trucks. TDG is therefore considering approaches to improve the rollover stability of tank trucks used for highway transportation of dangerous goods. TDG asked the Centre for ...

A computationally efficient quasi-two-degree-of-freedom (Q2DOF) stochastic model and a stability analysis of barges in random seas are presented in this paper. Based on the deterministic 2DOF coupled Roll-Heave model with highdegree polynomial approximation of restoring forces and moments developed in Part I, an attempt is made to further reduce the DOF of the model for efficient stochastic sta...

This paper describes the development of an active roll control system for a tractor semitrailer. The design of the hardware and software are explained. Simulations of the yaw-roll response of the vehicle show that the system will provide significant improvements in rollover stability.

this paper presents the results of a recent project of ikco’s research center to modify paykan 1600’s rear suspension mechanism with the purpose of improving comfort, stability and handling qualities. the car was originally equipped with a solid rear axle with leaf springs. by replacing the original mechanism with a three-link mechanism with panhard bar and coil springs, the ride comfort and ha...

INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on the development of optimal deterministic, nonlinearly coupled barge motion models, identification of their system parameters and calibration of their prediction capability using experimental results. The ultimate objective is to develop accurate yet sufficiently low degree-offreedom stochastic models suitable for efficient probabilistic stability and reliabili...

Articulated liquid cargo vehicles transporting inflammable fuels and dangerous chemical products require special consideration when traveling on urban roads or cruising at highway speeds. The road safety and handling of these kinds of vehicles may be adversely affected when negotiating sharp turns or travelling on slippery roads, which may result in either lateral instabilities or complete roll...

In order to describe foot function during the first weeks of independent walking, spatio-temporal pressure distribution patterns were measured. These data give detailed information about roll-off of the foot, by determining the course of the center of pressure, and about load bearing, by calculating relative vertical impulses under the feet. During those first weeks of independent walking, roll...

The stability of multi-input and multi-output web-tension systems is an important factor that is required for the roll-to-roll printing machines. This paper analyzes stability for design parameters of a web-tension system of a high-speed gravure printing machine. Analyzed parameters include moment of inertia of the passive dancer, viscous friction coefficient of the dancer system, distances fro...

A Supersonic similitude has been used to obtain stability derivatives in pitch and roll of a delta wing with straight leading edge for the attached shock case. Ghosh’s strip theory is been used in which strips at different span wise locations are independent of each other. This combines with the similitude to give a piston theory which gives the closed form of solution to stability derivatives ...

In this work, an adaptive critic-based neuro-fuzzy is presented for an unmanned bicycle. The only information available for the critic agent is the system feedback which is interpreted as the last action the controller has performed in the previous state. The signal produced by the critic agent is used alongside the back propagation of error algorithm to tune online conclusion parts of the fuzz...