%0 Journal Article
%T Using the Milliken Moment Method and dynamic simulation to evaluate vehicle stability and controllability
%J International journal of vehicle design
%D 2008
%A Hoffman, Robert C.
%A Stein, Jeffrey L.
%A Louca, S. S.
%A Huh, Kunsoo
%V 48
%N 1/2
%P 132 - 148
%X The Milliken Moment Method (MMM) effectively organises kinematically constrained vehicle test results. The authors present a method for evaluating vehicle handling; assessing the overall performance capability with the MMM then using the closed-loop dynamic simulation to determine how much of that performance is used for a real manoeuvre. By mapping the simulation data onto the yaw moment-lateral acceleration diagram from the MMM, this method explicitly quantifies the tradeoff between vehicle controllability and stability. Results from a design case study and comparison of the stability measure to phase plane analysis are presented and show the potential efficacy of the proposed approach.<p />
%G en
%I Inderscience Publishers
%@ 0143-3369
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVD.2008.021156