Tests were conducted to evaluate the effects of the tire-induced vibration caused by a tread separating rear tire on the handling characteristics of a 1996 four-door two-wheel drive Ford Explorer. The....
This paper will present a method of estimating tyre friction force using an extended Kalman filter (EKF). A review of current and proposed methods for tyre force estimation from the literature will be....
Yaw and roll stability limits are derived for three quasi-static roll plane models: rigid vehicle, suspended vehicle, and compliant tire vehicle. A generalized stability equation is identified that fi....
A nonlinear observer for estimation of lateral and longitudinal velocity of automotive vehicles is proposed, based on acceleration and yaw rate measurements in addition to wheel speed and steering ang....
The paper deals with the Hardware-In-the-Loop based methodology which was adopted to evaluate the dynamic characteristics of Electronic Stability Program (ESP) and Electro-Hydraulic Brake (EHB) compon....
Handling characteristics, ride comfort and active safety are customer relevant attributes of modern premium vehicles. Electronic control units offer new possibilities to optimize vehicle performance w....
Vehicle rollover has the highest fatality rate among non-collision vehicle crashes. This paper introduces a control scheme with electronically controlled limited slip differential (ELSD) to prevent ve....
Various driver assistance systems have been developed for maintaining a vehicle in its lane. For example, systems that apply force to the steering gear to help the driver keep the vehicle in the cente....
A vehicle model is an important factor in the development of vehicle control systems. Various vehicle models having different complexities, assumptions, and limitations have been developed and applied....
The purpose of this work is to develop a rollover prevention system with Unified Chassis Control (UCC) which consists of CDC (Continuous Damping Control) and ESP (Electronic Stability Program). Althou....
Measurements from a Global Navigation System in conjunction with an Inertial Measurement Unit were recently introduced in different aerial and ground vehicles as an input to control vehicle dynamics. ....
This paper proposes a vehicle performance/safety method using combined active steering and differential braking to achieve yaw stability and rollover avoidance. The advantages and disadvantages of act....
Deterministic identification of loss of control is required for quantifying the effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) when performing controlled experiments in a simulated driving enviro....
Driving at large angles of sideslip does not necessarily indicate terminal loss of control, rather, it is the fundamental objective of the sport of drifting. Drift racing challenges drivers to navigat....
In this approach a nonlinear controller for the lateral vehicle dynamics is designed. The basis for the design is a nonlinear model of the lateral vehicle dynamics in state space representation consis....
An Electronic Stability Program (ESP) control logic is designed. It is devoted to stabilize vehicle during cornering maneuvers. The aim of the activity is to obtain a feed forward (FF) control structu....
Typical traction control systems based on brake intervention have the disadvantage of dissipating an amount of energy roughly equal to that spent in biasing the high-friction wheel. Fully locked diffe....
The performance of a vehicle in driving cycles can be simulated by having appropriate models for vehicle and driver. In this paper a model of an automatic driver is designed to control the speed of ve....
The realistic simulation of vehicle-trailer combinations and the development of controllers for vehicle trains require comprehensive models for the dynamics of vehicle and trailer as well as a numeric....
Recent rollover resistance test results show discrepancies between vehicles steered with programmable steering machines and those steered by test drivers. This paper examines the differences in steeri....
