TURN.LSP Theory
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TURN.LSP TURNING MODEL THEORY
THEORY
For each computation step, a vehicle wheel pair (front and back) is assumed
to be traveling in a circle as though the steering wheel or articulating hinge
were locked. The front and back wheels are circumscribing two concentric
circles, with the line between back and front wheel always tangent to the
inner circle being made by the back wheel, as shown (Turning step illustration courtesy of David V. Albamonte, Landmark Engineering, Inc.):
The initial locations of the back and front wheels are known (B0 and F0), and the
final location of the front wheel is known (F1).
Then the turned angle F0|C|F1=B0|C|B1=2*atan{sin(alpha)/[2*L/S-cos(alpha)]}
where
- S=the distance from F0 to F1
- L=the distance from B0 to F0, the wheelbase length
- alpha=angle F1|F0|B0
Vector addition is the method
for solving this problem.
The sum of the x components traveling around
the shape from B0 to F0, F1, B1, and back to B0 should be zero.
Then -L*sin(D)+S1*sin(pi-(C+D))-L*sin(D)+0=0
and gathering terms, S1*sin
(pi-(C+D))-2*L*sin(D)=0, or S1*sin (pi-(C+D))=2*L*sin(D).
S1*sin(C+D)=2*L*sin(D)
S1*sin(C)*cos(D)+S1*cos(C)*sin(D)=2*L*sin(D).
Dividing by S1*sin(D) and replacing
cos(D)/sin(D) with cot(D),
sin(C)*cot(D)+cos(C)=2*L/S1
Solving for D,
sin(C)*cot(D)=2*L/S1-cos(C),
cot(D)=2*L/(S1*sin(C))-cot(C),
cot(D)=[2*L/(S1)-cos(C)]/sin(C),
tan(D)=sin(C)/[2*L/(S1)-cos(C)],
and D=atan{sin(C)/[2*L/(S1)-cos(C)]}
