Analysis on Usage Comfort of Highway Based on Lateral Acceleration and Lateral Acceleration Change Rate

Abstract:

To control the lateral acceleration of driving vehicle and its rate of growth is always an important part in road geometric design. At present, vehicles are simplified as single rigid body when and are calculated, moreover, the calculation is made in two-dimensional plane, which does not comply with the actuality. In this article, Road-Driver-Vehicle simulation system (RDVS) is applied to get and of driving vehicle on 3 test roads selected from the mountainous area of southwestern China. In RDVS, the dynamic vehicle model is driven on three-dimensional roads under the control of driver model, so it is more close to the real driving. The results show: got from RDVS is bigger than that from single rigid body calculation. As RDVS is more reliable, from single rigid body calculation may cause an insufficient estimation: suppose the driver drives at the designed speed, though the designed speed varies, the peak value of of the three objects range in [2.0m/s², 2.5m/s²], beyond the limit of comfort but within tolerable scope; as for subject C without application of clothoid, will exceed the limit of 1.0m/s³. So it is suggested using clothoid, considering improving the quality.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 427-429)
• Pages: 320-324
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.427-429.320
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Zheng Yu Wang*, Cheng Bing Li, Jin Xu
• Keywords: Driving Comfort, Highway Geometric Design, Horizontal Curves, Lateral Acceleration

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