By: A. Galip Ulsoy, Huei Peng, Melih Cakmakci

Hardcover

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This engineering course book introduces advanced control systems for vehicles, including advanced automotive concepts and the next generation of vehicles for ITS. For each automotive control problem considered, the authors emphasise the physics and underlying principles behind the control system concept and design. This is an exciting and rapidly developing field for which many articles and reports exist but no modern unifying text. An extensive list of references is provided at the end of each chapter for all the topics covered. It is currently the only textbook, including problems and examples, that covers and integrates the topics of automotive powertrain control, vehicle control and intelligent transportation systems. The emphasis is on fundamental concepts and methods for automotive control systems, rather than the rapidly changing specific technologies. Many of the text examples, as well as the end-of-chapter problems, require the use of MATLAB and/or SIMULINK.

Preface
Introduction and Background
Introduction
Automotive control system design process
Review of engine modeling
Review of vehicle dynamics
Human factors and driver modeling
Powertrain Control Systems
Air-to-fuel ratio control
Control of spark timing
Idle speed control
Transmission control
Control of hybrid vehicles
Modeling and control of fuel cells for vehicles
Vehicle Control Systems
Cruise and headway control
Antilock brake systems and traction control
Vehicle stability control
Four wheel steering
Active suspensions
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Overview of ITS
Preventing collisions
Automated highway systems (AHS) and platooning
Lateral active safety systems and automated steering
Review of control theory fundamentals
Two-mass three DOF vehicle lateral/yaw/roll model
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ISBN: 9781107010116
ISBN-10: 110701011X
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 406
Published: 30th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 25.3 x 18.7  x 2.7
Weight (kg): 0.862