On the Effects of Inertia and Damping Factors of the Mechanical Guidance upon the Running Stability of a Guided Vehicle

To investigage the behaviors of a running vehicle with automotive tires on the guideway, a simulation model is developed with a three dimensional model of the vehicle body and a guide mechanism with the inertia and dash-pots. The model is successfully compared with the experimental data of a test vehicle which was an automotive truck with the mechanical guidance, and a characteristic equation is derived which is to be examined to explain the effects of the dynamical parameters of the guide mechanism such as inertia and damping factors on the running stability of the vehicle.