Description / Abstract:
1. Scope--This SAE Recommended Practice establishes consistent test
procedures for determination of steady-state directional control
properties for passenger cars and light trucks with single axles. These
properties include the gradients with respect to lateral acceleration
of steering wheel angle, understeer/oversteer, sideslip, roll angle,
and steering wheel torque; the gains with respect to steering wheel
angle of yaw velocity, lateral acceleration, and sideslip; the
characteristic speed or critical speed; and the total, steering, and
tire compliances at the front and rear wheels.