Sliding mode control for rollover prevention of heavy vehicles based on lateral acceleration

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 9-34

  Lewis, A S ^a   El Gindy, M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy vehicles; Rollover prevention; Sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BRAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; SLIDING MODE CONTROL; STIFFNESS; TORQUE;

ROLLOVER PREVENTION;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 0037600519     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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