TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The influence of speed on concrete agitator vehicle stability
JO  - Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety
A1  - Germanchev, Anthony
A1  - Eady, Peter
A1  - McKelvie, David
SP  - 45
EP  - 50
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - Concrete agitator vehicles have a relatively high center of gravity and are therefore exposed to a risk of rollover. The stability of concrete agitator vehicles is also affected by the movement of the concrete in the rotating barrel. This report describes a study into the influence of speed and load on concrete agitator vehicle stability, using vehicle testing and computer based modelling.    It was found that (a) a rotating barrel decreased performance of the concrete agitator vehicles in static rollover threshold and load transfer ratio performance measures when compared to a stationary load, and (b) speed, modeled with the vehicle traveling through a roundabout, had a significant influence on the likelihood of rollover.<p />
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SN  - 1832-9497
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -