ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the lateral motion of vehicles during cornering or while other side forces, such as wind and gravity due to banked roads, act on the vehicle. We first look at a representative description of steering angles, and study oversteer and understeer. The transient motion equations are derived and the effects of different types of forcing are analyzed. Steady-state motion is investigated. The chapter introduces important ratios that quantify vehicle characteristics. A model of the driver is developed.
