Vehicle dynamics testing in motion based driving simulators. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kharrazi, Sogol; Augusto, Bruno; Fröjd, Niklas
• Is Part Of: Vehicle system dynamics. Volume 58:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Perceived realism -- relative fidelity -- vehicle handling -- motion cueing; Motor vehicles -- Dynamics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 629.231
• DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2019.1566555
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-3114

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article investigates the potential of a motion-based driving simulator in the field of vehicle dynamics testing, specifically for heavy vehicles. For this purpose, a case study was prepared embodying the nature of a truck dynamics test setup. The goal was to investigate if the drivers in the simulator could identify the handling differences owed to changes in vehicle parameters, while driving the simulated trucks. Results show that the drivers could clearly identify the differences in vehicle behaviour for most of the performed tests, which motivates further investigative work in this area and exposes the feasibility of heavy vehicle dynamics testing in simulators.