Acceleration and Braking Performance of School Buses 2012-01-0593
There is a limited amount of data currently available on the acceleration and braking performances of school buses. This paper analyzes the braking performance of various Type A and Type C school buses with hydraulic and air brakes. The effect of ABS and Non-ABS systems as well as driver experience is discussed. A comparison with passenger car braking performance is presented. The acceleration of a school bus is also presented. Evaluations of “normal” and “rapid” accelerations are presented for Type A and Type B buses. A comparison with commonly used acceleration values for various vehicles is presented.
Citation: Funk, C., Howery, T., Jager, J., and Lee, D., "Acceleration and Braking Performance of School Buses," SAE Int. J. Commer. Veh. 5(1):215-238, 2012, https://doi.org/10.4271/2012-01-0593. Download Citation
Author(s):
Charles Funk, Timothy Howery, Joseph Jager, Daniel Lee
Affiliated:
Exponent Inc., Michigan State University, ACP Consultant Inc.
Pages: 24
Event:
SAE 2012 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
1946-391X
e-ISSN:
1946-3928
Also in:
SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles-V121-2, Accident Reconstruction, 2012-SP-2335, SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles-V121-2EJ
Related Topics:
Buses
Air brakes
Vehicle acceleration
Vehicle drivers
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