The Development of Principles to Improve Stability of Road Trains against Lateral Rollover when Turning

Stability and controllability are the most important properties of multi-combination vehicles (MCVs) because with the increase of speed it is these properties that determine the operational safety of the vehicles. Improving the MCV traffic safety is especially important because traffic accidents involving these types of vehicles lead to the most severe consequences and considerable damage. One of the most common causes of traffic accidents is lateral rollover of a trailer or semi-trailer when making a turn at a speed exceeding the threshold. The article presents the principles of increasing the MCV stability when lateral stability is jeopardized. The authors propose algorithms of dynamic stabilization of road train movement that prevent trailer rollover accidents in the event of making a turn at a speed exceeding the threshold value. The efficiency and effectiveness of the developed algorithms for the dynamic stabilization of the road train movement is proved by simulation modelling.

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