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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Sunderland
The Influence of Electronic Stability Control, Active Suspension, Driveline and Front Steering Integrated System on the Vehicle Ride and Handling
This paper represents an important continuation of a long-established theme within our automotive control research team. This theme, namely integration of vehicle control systems, featured strongly in our RAE2008 submission. In this study, a 6 Degrees-of-Freedom non-linear vehicle handling model has been developed. All four active chassis control systems have been evaluated in standalone mode over a wide range of vehicle handling conditions. Based on this analysis, a novel rule-based integration strategy has been proposed to improve vehicle handling. A comparison of the standalone and integrated strategies shows that the integrated control strategy can significantly improve vehicle stability.