Road safety depends on several factors associated with the vehicle, to the infrastructure,\nas well as to the environment and experience of vehicle drivers. Concerning the vehicle factors\ninfluencing the safety level of an infrastructure, it has been shown that the dynamic interaction\nbetween the carried liquid cargo and the vehicle influences the operational safety limits of the vehicle.\nA combination of vehicle and infrastructure factors converge when a vehicle carrying liquid cargo\nat a partial fill level performs a braking maneuver along a curved road segment. Such a maneuver\ninvolves both longitudinal and lateral load transfers that potentially affect both the braking efficiency\nand the lateral stability of the vehicle. In this paper, a series of models are set together to simulate the\neffects of a sloshing cargo on the braking efficiency and load transfer rate of a partially filled road\ntanker. The model assumes the superposition of the roll and pitch independent responses, while the\nvehicle is equipped with Anti-lock braking System brakes (ABS) in the four wheels. Results suggest\nthat cargo sloshing can affect the performance of the vehicle on the order of 2% to 9%, as a function of\nthe performance measure considered. A dedicated ABS system could be considered to cope with\nsuch diminished performance.
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