Improving roll stability of articulated heavy vehicles using active semi-trailer steering

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 373-388

  Cheng, C ^a   Cebon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active trailer steering; Path following; Roll stability; Virtual driver steering

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; GROUND VEHICLES; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; STEERING; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); VEHICLES; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CONTROLLERS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; SYSTEM THEORY;

ACTIVE TRAILER STEERING; PATH FOLLOWING; ROLL STABILITY; SEMI TRAILERS; VIRTUAL DRIVER STEERING;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

ACTIVE TRAILER STEERING; ARTICULATED HEAVY VEHICLE; CENTRE OF GRAVITY; LATERAL ACCELERATION; LINEAR QUADRATIC CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLLER; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PATH FOLLOWING; PATH TRACKING; ROLL STABILITY; SEMI-TRAILERS; SIMULATION RESULT; STEERING CONTROL; TRANSIENT MANOEUVRES; VEHICLE MODEL; VEHICLE STATE; VIRTUAL DRIVER STEERING;

EID: 51449086657     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110801958576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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