Xref: utzoo comp.robotics:621 sci.engr:522 rec.autos:43101 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!spool2.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!ig!ames!krypton.arc.nasa.gov!laforce From: laforce@krypton.arc.nasa.gov (Soren LaForce) Newsgroups: comp.robotics,sci.engr,rec.autos Subject: Re: Mathematical Models of Automobile Dynamics Message-ID: <1991Jan16.172034.16576@news.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 16 Jan 91 17:05:05 GMT References: Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov (USENET Administration) Reply-To: laforce@krypton.arc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center Lines: 53 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article , yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) writes... > >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. > stuff deleted > > Thanks in advance, >-- >_______________________________________________________________________________ > >Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester >yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Computer Science Department >_______________________________________________________________________________ Ok, you asked. The department of transportation (DOT) funds research in a variety of vehicle properties, i.e. dynamics and the simulation of dynamics. I have in front of me the final report of DOT contract number: DOT HS-7-01715. The report number is: DOT-HS-805-370. The report is titled: Improvement of Mathematical Models for Simulation of Vehicle Handling (Vol 7: Technical Manual for the General Simulation). Does this sound like what you need? The document is available to the U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, 22161 The report is 278 pages. It is a **RIGOROUS** mathematical model. I suspect that it is more detailed than what you need. If you are interested, I may be able to provide a simplistic vehicle model, i.e. no tire model, and about 1 page of alegbra. I will have to make sure it is ok to release information before sending it. If you are interested, please e-mail me directly at: laforce@krypton.arc.nasa.gov Best, Soren LaForce