Study on integrated control of active front steer angle and direct yaw moment.pdf

JSAE Review 23 (2002) 309–315 Study on integrated control of active front steer angle and direct yaw moment Masao Nagai, Motoki Shino, Feng Gao Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, 184-8588 Tokyo, Japan Received 9 October 2001 Abstract This study proposes a control syste mto improve vehicle handling and stability under severe driving conditions by actively controlling the front steering angle and the distribution of braking forces on four tires. With the application of a model-matching control technique, this proposed control syste akes the performance of the actual vehicle model follow that of an ideal vehicle model with consideration of nonlinearity of tire characteristics. Finally, this paper investigates the effectiveness of control syste during the following conditions: braked cornering, lane change and side wind disturbance. r 2002 Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. and Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction angle and the distribution of braking forces. This control syste mis designed by model-matching control As the social demand for vehicle safety increases, technique which makes the performance of the actual active rear steer (ARS) as a four-wheel steering syste vehicle model follow that of an ideal vehicle model. (4WS) has been studied extensively in the field of Fina