Design of an electric differential system for three-wheeled electric welfare vehicles with driver-in-the-loop verification

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 1498-1505

  Chen, Bo Chiuan ^a   Yu, Cheng Chi ^a   Lee, Wei Shuo ^a,b   Hsu, Wei Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Hua Chuang Automobile Information Technical Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Driver in the loop; Electric differential; Electric welfare vehicle (EWV); Three wheeled (3W); Wheel motor

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MATLAB; TORQUE CONTROL;

DRIVER-IN-THE-LOOP VERIFICATION; ELECTRIC DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM; ELECTRIC WELFARE VEHICLE; STEERING TORQUES;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 34547580503     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.896975     Document Type: Article

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