Author:De Saxe, Christopher C; Cebon, DDate:Jun 2018High-capacity vehicles have been shown to be highly effective in reducing emissions associated with road freight transport. However, the reduced manoeuvrability of long vehicles often necessitates the use of active trailer steering. Path-following ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, Christopher C; Berman, Robert JDate:Jul 2018The road space utilised by a heavy goods vehicle during low-speed manoeuvring has direct safety and operational implications. This is especially true for vehicles which are longer/wider than usual, such as abnormal loads vehicles. The same ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, Christopher CDate:Sep 2018Articulated Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) are more efficient than conventional rigid lorries, but exhibit reduced low-speed manoeuvrability and high-speed stability. Technologies such as autonomous reversing and path-following trailer steering ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, Christopher; Cebon, DDate:Nov 2016Application of articulated and Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs) in challenging off-highway applications is possible with the use of path-following trailer steering. This requires an accurate estimate of trailer off-tracking, but it has been ...Read more