Research Article

Modeling of Lateral Stability of Tractor-Semitrailer on Combined Alignments of Freeway

Table 9

Results of statistical analysis for LTR cornering on upgrades and downgrades.

Road typeIndependent variableBt value

Curved upgradesConstant0.28160.1830.001
0.017113.2300.001
−0.014−14.1430.001

Curved downgradesConstant0.1128.3470.001
0.02250.7990.001
−0.025−8.7920.001