The transient response of automobiles to steering and wind gust inputs

This thesis is concerned with the problem of measuring and quantifying the transient response of automobiles to steering and side wind inputs. The overall strategy is to use a control theory approach, and describe the various responses in terms of transfer functions and the parameters which define these transfer functions. The work is a continuation of the author's earlier work in the same field, and the starting point is that the steer frequency response of three vehicles had been measured using a sinusoidal steer input device, but analysis of the results had not been undertaken. The historical background is reviewed briefly. [Continues.]