Abstract: This paper addresses the control law design of a preview steering autopilot for a four-wheel-steering vehicle to perform automatic lane tracking. In the concept, an on-board computer vision ...

Abstract: A dynamic theory of thin beams undergoing large deflection but small strain is derived. Geometric nonlinearities are preserved but the material is assumed to behave linearly. Contributions due ...

Abstract: The high-speed cruising stability of passenger vehicles may be enhanced with stability augmentation systems. These systems would modify the driver’s steering command to the vehicle’s front wheels, ...

Abstract: A Variable Dynamic Testbed Vehicle is presently being built for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It will have four-wheel steering, front and rear active antiroll bar systems, ...

Abstract: This paper describes a simplified hybrid load‐transfer approach for analyzing the response of pile groups under negative skin friction. The response of single piles is evaluated by a discrete‐element approach. The interaction ...

Abstract: In this study, a three-dimensional mathematical model for simulating the transport of dissolved contaminants originating from an elliptic-shaped coal tar pool in homogeneous saturated porous media is developed. The methodology ...

Abstract: This paper describes a simplified hybrid layer approach for settlement analysis of axially loaded pile groups. The shaft and base interactions are considered separately in individual piles in a group. Semianalytical ...

Abstract: This paper presents a total stress hybrid load‐transfer analysis for the response of pile groups in clay under either uniform or irregular cyclic loading. The soil mass may be arbitrarily layered and the nonlinear pile ...