Tilt-Over Risks with Tricycles

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Main author

Schmiedmayer, H.-B.

Co-Authors

Ecker, H.

Type of media

PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2009

Publisher

18. EVU Conference, Hinckley

Citation

Schmiedmayer, H.-B.: Tilt-Over Risks with Tricycles. 18th EVU Conference, Hinckley (UK) 2009

English, 13 pages, 11 figures, 2 references

The tilt stability of three-wheeled vehicles with one front wheel is investigated in this paper. General
formulae for an approximate calculation of the stability limit when cornering and during longitudinal
acceleration are presented. A case study supplements the theoretical part and gives some hints how
an accident investigator may deal with such cases.