Vehicle Lateral Control and Switching. Volume III. Detailed Hardware Studies

摘要

Volume III, this report, contains a description of the hardware for the test vehicle and for nominal vehicle design for each of four vehicle classes (Shuttle Loop Transit, Group Rapid Transit Large, Group Rapid Transit Small, and Personal Rapid Transit) is described. The test vehicle which incorporates 2 or 4 wheel Ackerman steering and 2 or 4 wheel drive is configured to implement wire and wall-follower steering systems. Test data is used for mathematical model validation and for lateral control system evaluations. Nominal vehicle designs are described which are typical of lateral control system implementations used on AGT systems. Cost and weight estimates for the typical designs are presented.