Steering

Abstract

Prescribes procedures for evaluating vehicle steering systems. Describes cramping angle and steering ratio measurement. Includes tests for turning, overall steering performance, lane changing, drift, dead engine steering, control on slopes, and adverse terrain, and human factors evaluation. Applicable to land steering of wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 18, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086957

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Clocks
  • Data Reduction
  • Diameters
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Load Distribution
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Standards
  • Steering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Vehicles
  • Timing Devices
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Robotics and Automation.