Light truck side structure evaluation. Volume I: overview and conclusions. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Light truck side structure evaluation. Volume II: documentation of occupant seating position and structural components. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Development of a motor vehicle materials historical, high volume industrial processing rates cost data bank (light truck). Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Feasibility of automating truck tire pressure data collection. Final report.

Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Austin

Truck noise IV-A: project summary - the reduction of noise levels on the International Harvester quieted truck. Final report.

Transportation Department, Office of Noise Abatement, Washington, D.C.

Development of a low-cost truck weighing system. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Engineering and Highway Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

Development of a low-cost truck weighing system design and operator manual. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Office of Engineering and Highway Operations Research and Development, McLean, Va.

Evaluation of the Texas Truck Weighing Program. Final report.

Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, Austin

Report to the governor and Illinois General Assembly on Public Act 83-12, increased truck sizes and truck taxation.

"July 1, 1985."

Report to the Governor and Illinois General Assembly on Public Act 83-12 : increased truck sizes and truck taxation.

Issued pursuant to P.A. 83-12, which requires a report to be issued to the Governor and the General Assembly every three years.--P. i.

Heavy truck suspension optimization based on modified skyhook damping control

This paper presents a multi-objective optimization strategy for heavy truck suspension systems based on modified skyhook damping (MSD) control, which improves ride comfort and road-friendliness simultaneously. A four-axle heavy truck-road coupling system model was established using functional virtual prototype technology; the model was then validated through a ride comfort test. As the mechanical properties and time lag of dampers were taken into account, MSD control of active and semi-active dampers was implemented using Matlab/Simulink. Through co-simulations with Adams and Matlab, the effects of passive, semi-active MSD control, and active MSD control were analyzed and compared; thus, control parameters which afforded the best integrated performance were chosen. Simulation results indicated that MSD control improves a truck’s ride comfort and roadfriendliness, while the semi-active MSD control damper obtains road-friendliness comparable to the active MSD control damper.

A study on matching and multi-objective fuzzy control strategy of heavy truck suspension system

Matching method of heavy truck-rear air suspensions is discussed, and a fuzzy control strategy which improves both ride comfort and road friendliness of truck by adjusting damping coefficients of the suspension system is found. In the first place, a Dongfeng EQ1141G7DJ heavy truck’s ten DOF whole vehicle-road model was set up based on Matlab/Simulink and vehicle dynamics. Then appropriate passive air suspensions were chosen to replace the original rear leaf springs of the truck according to truck-suspension matching criterions, consequently, the stiffness of front leaf springs were adjusted too. Then the semi-active fuzzy controllers were designed for further enhancement of the truck’s ride comfort and the road friendliness. After the application of semi-active fuzzy control strategy through simulation, is was indicated that both ride comfort and road friendliness could be enhanced effectively under various road conditions. The strategy proposed may provide theory basis for design and development of truck suspension system in China.