Patent ID: 11970039
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining a parameter indicative of a road capability of a road segment supporting a vehicle, said vehicle comprising a plurality of ground engaging members, said method comprising:
for each ground engaging member in a sub-set of said plurality of ground engaging members, setting a contact force between said ground engaging member and said road segment;
determining a target global load vector to be imparted to said vehicle, said target global load vector comprising at least a vertical load and an inclining moment,
determining contact forces for the ground engaging members of said plurality of ground engaging members which are not in said sub-set such that the contact forces for said plurality of ground engaging members together result in a resulting global load vector, a difference measure between said resulting global load vector and said target global load vector being equal to or lower than a predetermined difference measure threshold,
applying said contact force to each ground engaging member of said plurality of ground engaging members,
for at least one ground engaging member in said sub-set, determining a parameter indicative of the road capability of the road segment associated with the ground engaging member.