A methodology for the design of robust rollover prevention controllers for automotive vehicles with active steering

International Journal of Control

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1763-1779

  Solmaz, S ^a   Corless, M ^b   Shorten, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES; GRAVITY HEIGHT; VEHICLE LOAD TRANSFER RATIO (LTR);

ROBUST CONTROL;

EID: 35148892116     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207170701473987     Document Type: Article

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