Analyses of the steady-state handling behaviour of an automobile and the stability of its steady-turning motion, based on a three degree of freedom mathematical model, are used to show that the steady behaviour and the stability are related similarly in the nonlinear region as in the well documented linear one. It is concluded that analysis and measurement of the steady behaviour will yield information on the stability of automobiles.
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