Measurement data obtained by an instrumented steering wheel for driver model development

The data article presents the data acquired by an Instrumented Steering Wheel, able to measure the three force components and the three moment components applied by each of the two driver hands on an Instrumented Steering Wheel (ISW). Additionally, the ISW senses the grip forces at each hand. In order to simulate emergency manoeuvres in a safe environment, a test track with a kick plate is used. Nine different drivers pass over the kick plate six times each. The drivers need to make an action on the steering wheel to counteract the lateral disturbance and recover the straight desired path. The vehicle has been instrumented with an ISW and an inertial measuring unit. Data acquired by the two sensors have been synchronized and analysed. The force components due to mass properties of the ISW have been compensated in a proper way, to highlight the loads exerted only by the driver hands. In the present data article, the data acquired during the described kick-plate test are reported for one driver during a single test. Discussion and conclusion have been presented in [1]. Data are provided in Matlab environment. Videos are provided to show how the manoeuvre occurs. The vehicle that was used for tests was modified with respect to the corresponding production vehicle. Data refer to the specific vehicle used in the tests that does not match with any vehicle produced by Toyota.