Vehicle Dynamics & Control
Physical understanding of automotive vehicle dynamics: simple lateral, longitudinal and ride quality models. An overview of active safety systems will be intros including basic concepts and terminology, the state-of-the-art development, and basic principles of systems such as ABS, traction control, dynamic stability control, and roll stability control.Passive, semi-active and active suspension systems will be analyzed. Concepts of autonomous vehicle technology including drive-by-wire and steer-by-wire systems, adaptive cruise control and lane keeping systems. Design of software control systems for an actual 1/10 scale race vehicle.
Topics
- Present and motivate the appropriate level of dynamic modeling that is required to analyze the performance of vehicle control systems. The development of such models is as much of an art as a science in that the models must be kept as simple as possible so that real-time controller implementation can be achieved while retaining the fundamental stability and dynamic response characteristics. Develop the analytical skills necessary to quantitatively predict the behavior of open-loop and closed-loop systems. Feedback control systems will be presented that are currently being used in active safety systems, the student will be expected to design feedback control systems for an actual 1/10 scaled vehicle platform which will be distributed to every group of two students in the class. Experimental design will be complemented with a careful analysis of the performance by simulation. Develop skills in using professional computer-aided control system design and analysis tools, e.g, Matlab/Simulink and ROS, to explore properties of dynamic systems composed of a large number sub-systems such as sensors and actuators.
- Formulate simple but accurate dynamic models for automotive longitudinal, lateral and ride quality analysis. Assess the stability of dynamic systems using differential equation theory, apply frequency-response methods to assess system response to external disturbances, sensor noise and parameter variations. Have a basic understanding of modern automotive safety systems including ABS, traction control, dynamic stability control and roll control. Follow the literature on these subjects and perform independent design, research and development work in this field Expected to design feedback control systems for an actual 1/010 scaled vehicle platform which will be distributed to every group of two students in the class Students should be able to follow the literature on these subjects, perform independent design, be able to design vehicle dynamics control systems for a 1/10 scale vehicle.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027