Active controls for braking dynamics are widely investigated in literature [1]-[8] as one of the way to improve vehicle safety and avoid collisions. Active systems commonly mounted on passenger cars l....
Tires will be protagonists in the new European regulations for safety and fuel economy: in 2012 a tire pressure monitoring system will be mandatory for all new vehicles, enabling as natural consequenc....
This study proposes a novel semi-active hydro-pneumatic suspension design and investigates its performance potentials. The proposed new semi-active suspension design involves pneumatic interconnection....
In this research the differential braking design for articulated vehicle jackknife prevention is investigated. To handle the variations in the semi-trailer loading condition, a self-organizing fuzzy c....
Steady-state handling design targets are generally defined in the design of suspension and steering systems, which are achieved through kinematic and compliance analysis. It has been found that some v....
Vehicles running in wet conditions may experience hydroplaning of one or more tires. Hydroplaning can, and often does, change vehicle braking, acceleration and handling characteristics dramatically. P....
This paper presents a control system development for a yaw motion control of a vehicle-trailer combination using the integrated control of active front steer (AFS) and differential brake (DB). A 21 de....
This paper presents a comprehensive model of a hydraulic power steering system for predicting the transient responses under various steering inputs. The first principles of multi-body system dynamics ....
An optimal preview controller is designed for active trailer steering (ATS) systems to improve high-speed stability of articulated heavy vehicles (AHVs). AHVs' unstable motion modes, including jack-kn....
This paper proposes a new vehicle stability control method that quantifies and uses the level of lateral force saturation on each axle/wheel of a vehicle. The magnitude of the saturation, which can be....
This paper proposes an approach to use ABS wheel speed sensor signals together with other vehicle state information from a brake control module to detect an unbalanced tire or tires in real-time. The ....
In this study, a closed-loop driver-vehicle system model is established with ADAMS/CAR. A double lane change maneuver path boundary is setup based on NATO AVTP 03-160W requirement. Multiple choices of....
The aim of the presented work is to estimate the vertical forces of heavy vehicle and identify the unknown dynamic parameters using sliding mode observers approach. This observation needs a good knowl....
There are generally two types of directional instability that are associated with a vehicle/trailer combination system. The first is typically referred to as static or divergent instability (jack-knif....
This paper describes a lateral disturbance estimator for an application to a Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS)-based driving assistant system. A vehicle motion can be disturbed laterally by wind forc....
This paper aims to contribute to the development of an electronic stability control for narrow, fully tiling vehicles with handling and stability characteristics similar to motorcycles, and to improve....
Vehicles operating in wet conditions may experience hydroplaning of one or more tires. Proper analysis of this behavior requires accommodating the clearing of paths for the rear tires that may result ....
The imperative to get to the market faster with new and better products, has determined all automotive OEM to rethink their product development cycle, and, as a result, many hardware based processes w....
Active and semi-active suspension systems are widely diffused into the automotive industry. Most of the proposed devices try to achieve a better compromise between handling and comfort requirements by....
A simulation methodology is developed for the Constant Radius Constant Speed (CRCS) analysis to predict the ISO4138 [1] road test performance. The CRCS analysis can be used to predict the vehicle stea....
