MEASURED VEHICLE INERTIAL PARAMETERS - NHTSA'S DATA THROUGH NOVEMBER 1998. IN: OCCUPANT AND VEHICLE RESPONSES IN ROLLOVERS

Abstract

This chapter, from a comprehensive text on occupant and vehicle responses in rollovers, consists primarily of a printed listing of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Light Vehicle Inertial Parameter Database which cover 496 vehicles. Part one of the listing contains vehicle description and configuration data, plus wheelbase, track width, roof height, weight, and test comments. Part two contains vehicle description and configuration data, C.G. position, moments of inertia, roll/yaw products of inertia, tilt table ratio, and static stability factor data. The authors also offer a brief discussion of the accuracy of inertial measurements, including selected graphs of quantities listed in the database for some of the 1998 model year vehicles tested. Electronic copies of the Light Vehicle Inertial Parameter Database, which also contain Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) for the vehicles tested, may be obtained by contact Dr. W.R. Garrott (riley.garrott@nhtsa.dot.gov).