Xref: utzoo comp.robotics:617 sci.engr:519 rec.autos:43082 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!rochester!sol!yamauchi From: yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) Newsgroups: comp.robotics,sci.engr,rec.autos Subject: Mathematical Models of Automobile Dynamics Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 23:07:54 GMT Sender: news@cs.rochester.edu (Usenet news) Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 32 As part of my thesis research in behavior-based robotics, I'm going to be building a simulated robot control system for freeway driving, and I'd like to include reasonable assumptions about automobile dynamics in the simulator. In particular, I'm interested in the following functions for typical automobiles: 1) Maximum acceleration as a function of speed 2) Maximum deceleration as a function of speed 3) Maximum change in heading as a function of speed 4) Interactions between turning and max acceleration 5) Interactions between turning and max deceleration Of course, the actual values will depend on whether you're driving a Ferrari or a Yugo, but I'm interested in the general shape of the curve for your average coupe or sedan. A subject search in our library shows scores of references on automobile industry & trade, automobile workers & labor unions, environmental effects of automobiles, social aspects of automobiles, and even a book of poetry about automobile factories, but nothing about automobile performance or dynamics. Thanks in advance, -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department _______________________________________________________________________________