EVALUATION OF VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL FOR ROLOVER PREVENTION

  • Ungoren, A.Y. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan) ;
  • Peng, H. (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan)
  • Published : 2004.07.01

Abstract

Evaluation of active safety control systems usually relies heavily on field testing and is time-consuming and costly. Advances in computer simulations make it possible to perform exhaustive design trials and evaluations before field testing, and promise to dramatically reduce development cost and cycle time. In this paper, a comprehensive simulation-based evaluation procedure is proposed, which combines standard evaluation maneuvers, worst-case techniques, and a driver model for closed-loop path following evaluations. A vehicle dynamic controller (VDC) for a popular Sport Utility Vehicle is evaluated using the proposed procedure. Simulation results show that the proposed procedure can be used to assess the performance of the VDC under various conditions and provides valuable information for the re-design of the VDC.

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