Chrysler/UMTRI wind-steer vehicle simulation - reference manual, version 1.4 (volume II).

Notes: Report covers the period June 1986 - March 1990Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Mich.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/882/2/79669.0001.001.pd

An enhanced simulation capability for studying the braking, steering, and ride of commercial vehicles. Final report

Notes: Report covers the period July 1985 - June 1986Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Detroit, Mich.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/60/2/74162.0001.001.pd

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPRESSION OF CRAVING AND MOTIVATION TO SMOKE

Experimental research on suppression shows a rebound effect in which the suppressed content is expressed more following an attempt to suppress it than if suppression was never attempted. Research also has demonstrated an increased accessibility of the suppressed content during a suppression attempt. While prior work has explicitly instructed participants to suppress their responses to stimuli, the present study sought to examine suppression as it naturally occurs in response to smoking cues. This study used the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) to examine spontaneously occurring facial responses thought to relate to emotion suppression. Specifically this study is the first to aim to link spontaneous attempts to suppress cigarette craving in the laboratory to increased accessibility of cigarette craving during a suppression attempt and an increased rebound in motivation to smoke immediately following it. Nicotine deprived, heavy smokers (n=66) were exposed to a robust smoking cue exposure manipulation while their facial responses were videotaped. They also reported their urge to smoke and completed a secondary response time task. Following cue exposure, participants completed a behavioral choice task found previously to index smoking motivation. Results showed that participants evincing facial expressions linked to suppression valued smoking more than did those not displaying these expressions, suggesting the a suppression-related rebound in motivation to smoke following the craving induction. Those expressing suppression did not differ from the remaining participants in their reactions during cue exposure

ERD data-processing software reference manual version 2.00

Notes: Report covers the period Sept 1984 - June 1987http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/69/2/74904.0001.001.pd

The international road roughness experiment: establishing correlation and a calibration standard for measurements

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, D.C.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/3134/2/72773.pd

Guidelines for conducting and calibrating road roughness measurements

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Investigation of the influence of various braking regulations on accident-avoidance performance. Final report

Notes: Report covers the period 1 July 1977 - 31 Oct 1978Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, Detroit, Mich.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/592/2/41527.0001.001.pd

Handheld spectroradiometer system, computer-readable media, and calibration methods

Non-transitory computer-readable media, spectroradiometer systems, and methods for calibrating a spectroradiometer. In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by an electronic processor, cause the electronic processor to perform a set of operations. The set of operations includes receiving spectral data regarding an object-of-interest that is captured by a handheld spectroradiometer, detecting a characteristic of the object-of-interest by performing a spectral analysis on the spectral data that is received, and controlling a display to display the characteristic of the object-of-interest.https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/1154/thumbnail.jp

Computer algebra in nonlinear analyses of the straightline stability of combination vehicles

Recent developments in the theories of the dynamics of nonlinear systems and bifurcations provide a means for studying nonlinear oscillations and stability problems. The analysis methods require that equations of motion for the system of interest be derived in a certain form. Such derivation can involve substantial algebraic manipulation. However, by using recently developed computer algebra software, the entire derivation can be performed automatically by a computer. The level of automation associated with the analysis makes it practical for general use by engineers. An application from vehicle system dynamics is given as an example.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/29949/1/0000307.pd

ERD file format for storage and analysis of road profiles

This document briefly describes the ERD file format used for storing, plotting, and analyzing engineering data. The ERD file format was developed within the Engineering Research Division (ERD) of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). ERD files were used internally by the ERD at UMTRI for storage and analysis of vehicle test data, vehicle simulation output, laboratory measurement of vehicle component behavior, and road profiles. Since ERD files were used as the standard data file format by the road profile analysis software “RoadRuf,” many practitioners of road profile measurement and analysis adopted it as a standard. As such, the need for public documentation of the ERD file format was identified. This document provides the documentation of the ERD file format that appeared in Appendix A of the RoadRuf Reference Manual, circa 1997.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106533/1/102995.pd