A new generation of strategies for vehicle and engine control systems has become necessary because of increasing requirements for accuracy, ride, comfort, safety, complexity, and emission levels. In contrast with earlier systems, new control systems are based on dynamic physical models and the principles of advanced nonlinear control.
With contributions from leading scientists in the field, this book presents an overview of research in this rapidly-expanding area. New approaches to solving theoretical problems, as well as numerous systems and control research issues, are covered.
Chapter 1 : Implementation of an Active Suspension, Preview Controller for Improved Ride Comfort
Chapter 2 : Active and Passive Suspension Control for Vehicle Dive and Squat
Chapter 3 : Modeling of Drivers’ Longitudinal Behavior
Chapter 4 : Nonlinear Adaptive Backstepping with Estimator Resetting using Multiple Observers
Chapter 5 : ABS Control-A Design Model and Control Structure
Chapter 6 : Controller Design for Hybrid Systems using Simultaneous D-stabilisation and its Application to Anti-lock Braking Systems (ABS)
Chapter 7 : Wheel Slip Control in ABS Brakes using Gain-scheduled Constrained LQR
Chapter 8 : Friction Tire/Road Modeling, Estimation and Optimal Braking Control
Chapter 9 : Nonlinear Observer Control of Internal Combustion Engines with EGR
Chapter 10 : Idle Speed Control Synthesis using an Assume-guarantee Approach
Chapter 11 : Fault Diagnosis of Switched Nonlinear Dynamical Systems with Application to a Diesel Injection System
Chapter 12 : Modelling the Dynamic Behaviour of Three-way Catalytic Converters during the Warm-up Phase
Chapter 13 : Control of Gasoline Direct Injection Engines using Torque Feedback : A Simulation Study
Chapter 14 : Closed-loop Combustion Control of HCCI Engines
Chapter 15 : Approximations of Maximal Controlled Safe Sets for Hybrid Systems
Chapter 16 : Hamiltonian Formulation of Bond Graphs
Chapter 17 : Stability Analysis of Hybrid Systems - A Gearbox Application
Chapter 18 : On the Existence and Uniqueness of Solution Trajectories to Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Author List
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