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A warning system is described as, that improves safety in an over the road truck application by warning the driver with steering wheel vibration of impending roll over. This work focuses on creating a Haptic feedback and the corresponding driver response to a range of frequencies and amplitudes of vibration at the steering wheel. The haptic feedback system is the endpoint of the entire warning system. An experimental road going system is designed, presented, and tested. The experimental data reveals information about the response of the human subject to the frequency of steering wheel vibration, while driving a vehicle. Data variability is investigated through sampling of a population of drivers. The experimental setup probing the amplitude and frequency information is analyzed. Objective measurement anomalies in the data were seen in the subjective tests as well. Some conclusions are given about the applicability of laboratory tests to moving vehicle tests.

Most commercial heavy-duty truck trailers are equipped with either a two sensor, one modulator (2S1M) or four sensors, two modulator (4S2M) anti-lock braking system (ABS). Previous research has been performed comparing the performance of different ABS modules, in areas such as longitudinal and lateral stability, and stopping distance. This study focuses on relating ABS module type and wheel speed sensor placement to trailer wheel lock-up and subsequent impact to tire wear for tandem axle trailers with the Hendrickson air-ride suspension. Prior to tire wear inspection, functionality of the ABS system was testing using an ABS scan tool communicating with the SAE J1587 plug access port on the trailer. Observations were documented on trailers using the 2S1M system with the wheel speed sensor placed on either the front or rear axle of a tandem pair.

This paper is part of a bigger research effort that aims to capture the influences of static wheel alignment measurement accuracy for road going vehicles. Vehicle alignments can and often are the bottleneck in automotive and truck assembly lines and a greater understanding of the issues are very valuable. The alignment equipment in this research has been tuned and adjusted to minimize external variables and the team of authors have 300+ vehicle measurements. Of the many things that influence the accuracy and repeatability of vehicle suspension alignment measurement and adjustment, the measurement procedures can be the most significant. This includes but is not limited to alignment machine setup and vehicle tire pressures.