Driving Stability and Safe Speed Limits for Container Tractor–Semitrailers Under Strong Crosswinds
Strong crosswinds can critically destabilize high-sided container tractor–semitrailer combinations. This study integrates six-component force-balance wind-tunnel testing with a coupled aerodynamic and vehicle-dynamics framework to quantify aerodynamic loads, instability characteristics, and safe-speed boundaries under different road geometries. Sixteen aerodynamic cases…