This paper aims to explain the steering characteristics by on-center handling test on a small car. The on-center handling test is the one of the most popular objective test method for expressing steering characteristics. This is not a perfect test, bu...
This paper aims to explain the steering characteristics by on-center handling test on a small car. The on-center handling test is the one of the most popular objective test method for expressing steering characteristics. This is not a perfect test, but extremely useful. The on-center handling test has been developed as a means of quantifying control quality in the low lateral acceleration regime typical of expressway driving. The tests consists of a low frequency(0.2㎐) sinusoidal steer angle input at constant velocity, typically at 100㎞/h. The steering input magnitude is limited so that lateral acceleration does not exceed 0.2g. We performed many of benchmarking test for objective on center handling and subjective evaluation. With the study of on center handling test for small car, this paper explains the dominant factor for enhancing best steering performance.