Vehicle Controls

• Published in: Control System Applications, Second Edition pp. 87 - 146
• Main Authors: Hrovat, Davor, Tseng, Hongtei E., Lu, Jianbo, Deur, Josko, Assadian, Francis, Borrelli, Francesco, Falcone, Paolo
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2011; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Electronics engineering; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE: GENERAL ISSUES; LuGre Model; Double Lane Change Maneuver; Road Friction Coefficient; Roll Angle; ESC System; Cos Δf; Yaw Rate; Sprung Mass Acceleration; MPC Controller; Wheel Lift; Sideslip Angle; Sensitivity Transfer Function; Rear Sideslip Angle; Roll Angle Estimate; Lateral Acceleration Measurement; Rear Tire Slip Angles; RSC; Tire Slip Angles; Brake Pressure; YSC; Target Yaw Rate; Vehicle Roll Angle; Double Lane Change; Nonlinear Vehicle Dynamics; Nonlinear Vehicle Model
• ISBN: 9781420073607; 1420073605; 9781420073614; 1420073613
• DOI: 10.1201/b10382-10

Vehicle control systems typically include chassis components that influence vehicle dynamics in three directions: longitudinal, lateral, and vertical. These three degrees of freedoms are controlled by chassis actuators such as brakes, steering, and suspensions, respectively. Traditionally, they were all mechanically controlled. For example, steering was actuated by the driver turning a steering wheel, which then caused the hydraulics in a power steering unit to amplify the driver-imposed torque and to create a desired wheel/tire rotation at the point of contact with the road.