Robust variable structure control for stabilisation of articulated steer vehicles by torque vectoring

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-354

  Azad, N L ^a   McPhee, J ^a,b,c,d   Khajepour, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Systems Design Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Articulated steer vehicle; Linear time varying system; Snaking; Uncertain tyre parameters; Variable structure control; Virtual prototype; VSC

Indexed keywords

ROBUST CONTROL; TORQUE CONTROL;

ARTICULATED STEER VEHICLES; LINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEM; SNAKING; UNCERTAIN TYRE PARAMETERS; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPE;

VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROL;

EID: 41849141924     PISSN: 1744232X     EISSN: 17415152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2007.015706     Document Type: Article

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