Advance Vehicle Control

Lecturer:

Gabriela Achtenová (gar.)

Tutor:

Gabriela Achtenová (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Automotive, Combustion Engine and Railway

Synopsis:

The core area of the topic encompasses dynamic system behaviour and control technology, with a prominent role for discoveries in the field of Mechatronics and the driver-vehicle interface.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

- Introduction to vehicle control and basis of systems control engineering

- Vehicle as a system, controlled by tyre forces and internal suspension loads, with interfaces to the driver and the traffic environment.

- Driver modelling, the ?driver in the loop?

- The driver transport mission and behavioural approach

- Perception and physiological response

- ADA: Advanced Driver Support

- Workload and workload measures

- Power steering (EPS, EHPS)

- Integrated vehicle (body) control

- Suspension control

- Traction and brake control

- Advanced steering control, steer by wire

Syllabus of tutorials:

- ESP vehicle control

- Power steering

- Closed loop vehicle performance

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: