Cars and trucks are susceptible to accidents due to rollover. In the United States in 2005, 21.1% of a total of 54,718 deaths in vehicle crashes were caused by rollover (1). Significant research has therefore been de voted to detecting and preventing rollover through active control. Numerous approaches attempt to detect or pre dict wheel liftoff using onboard sensing and a combina tion of automatic steering and braking to keep the wheels on the ground (2)-(4). Rather than focusing on how to keep the wheels on the ground, it is also useful to under stand how to control a vehicle while two wheels are in the air. This understanding may enable the design of control laws that can safely return the vehicle to the ground after inadvertent tip-up.
Two-Wheel Self-Balancing of a Four-Wheeled Vehicle
Control Systems Magazine (IEEE) ; 31 , 2 ; 29-37
2011
9 Seiten, 17 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English