Romano, R orcid.org/0000-0002-2132-4077, Markkula, G orcid.org/0000-0003-0244-1582, Boer, E et al. (5 more authors) (2019) An objective assessment of the utility of a driving simulator for low mu testing. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 65. pp. 34-45. ISSN 1369-8478
Abstract
Driving simulators can be used to test vehicle designs earlier, prior to building physical prototypes. One area of particular interest is winter testing since testing is limited to specific times of year and specific regions in the world. To ensure that the simulator is fit for purpose, an objective assessment is required. In this study a simulator and real world comparison was performed with three simulator configurations (standard, no steering torque, no motion) to assess the ability of a utility triplet of analyses to be able to quantify the differences between the real world and the different simulator configurations. The results suggest that the utility triplet is effective in measuring the differences in simulator configurations and that the developed “Virtual Sweden” environment achieved rather good behavioural fidelity in the sense of preserving absolute levels of many measures of behaviour. The main limitation in the simulated environment seemed to be the poor match of the dynamic lateral friction limit on snow and ice when compared to the real world.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Simulator validation; Motion cueing; Curve negotiation; Driver performance assessment |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/K014145/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2019 08:41 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2019.07.001 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140488 |