Active roll control of an experimental articulated vehicle

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 791-806

  Miege A J P ^a   Cebon, D ^b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active roll control; Active suspension; Experimental vehicle; Heavy vehicle; Lateral acceleration feedback; Lateral load transfer; Rollover

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; CONTROL THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; FEEDBACK; HARDWARE; LOADS (FORCES); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

ACTIVE ROLL CONTROL; ACTIVE SUSPENSION; EXPERIMENTAL VEHICLE; LATERAL ACCELERATION FEEDBACK; LATERAL LOAD TRANSFER; ROLLOVER;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 20844459698     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440705X28385     Document Type: Article

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