Control Applications of Vehicle Dynamics

This book integrates essential knowledge of car vehicle dynamics and control theory with NI LabVIEW software product application, resulting in a practical yet highly technical guide for designing advanced vehicle dynamics controllers.

Jingsheng Yu is senior director of design and process engineering at Flex Ltd, Novi, Michigan. Vladimir Vantsevich is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Elemental Kinematics and Dynamics (of Vehicle Motion) . 3. Elemental Longitudinal Dynamics (Elemental Vehicle Motion Equations) . 4. Tire and Wheel Characteristics . 5. Driving Torque at Acceleration . 6. Braking Mechanics. 7. Regenerative braking . 8. Vehicle Lateral Dynamics . 9. System Characteristics of the Lateral Dynamics . 10. Vertical and Roll Dynamics . 11. Introduction to Control Theory and Methods . 12. Control design for Vehicle Dynamics .