Various notes on academic papers, divided in alphabetical order by topic and first author.
Highlighted in bold and underlined are the papers which are usable as main references for their topic, thanks to their comprehensive research and results.
===== Anti-Lock Braking Systems =====
- Guo, Jian, Lin; Performance Evaluation of an Anti-Lock Braking System for
Electric Vehicles with a Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller
- Jun, Jian, Huiyi; Obtaining the optimal slip ratio of the road with wavelet
[not yet reviewed]
- Kataoka, Sado, Sakai, Hori; Optimal slip ratio estimator for traction control system of electric vehicle based on fuzzy inference
[not yet reviewed]
- Sun; Study of optimum slip control in automobile SBC on variable pavement
[not yet reviewed]
- Wei, Xuexun; An ABS Control Strategy for Commercial Vehicle
Very mathematical; provides good simulation results of fixed vs variable slip target control methods
===== Full Vehicle Dynamics =====
- Lee, Lee, Jin, Heo; Full Vehicle Dynamic Modelling for Chassis Controls (Paper, 6pg)
Short summary of main equations
===== Lateral Dynamics & Sideslip =====
- Croft-White; Measurement and Analysis of Rally Car Dynamics at High Attitude Angles (PhD, 196pg)
Very in-depth considerations about sensors for measuring yaw rate in a noisy racing environment
===== LQR Linear Quadratic Regulator =====
- Tavan, Tavan, Hosseini; An optimal integrated longitudinal and lateral dynamic controller development for vehicle path tracking (Paper, 18pg)
Offers useful comparisons between LQR and PID in simulations on 8 DOF vehicle model
===== Rear Wheel Steer =====
- Arvidsson, Franklin; Exploring The Possibilities Of Using Active Rear Steering In A Car
p16 bicycle model Lagrangian eqn derivation
p19 Pacejka tyre model
p22-25 two track model
p28 Fig 5 High Speed Control
p29 Eqn 59 Understeer Coefficient
p43 High Speed Simulations & comments on LQ matrices vs VehSpd
p45 discussion regarding FeedFwd Gain in high and low mu surfaces
p55 conclusions on reference model & feedforward gain
p56 future work required on tyres in non-linear region and capturing actuator dynamics
p60 twin track equations of motion
(see Appendix B.2 & B.3; P controller @LowSpeed and LQ Controller @HighSpeed; Fig 5 (P 28) is HighSpeed Control
- Dixon Kaufman; Dynamic Understeer Control Using Active Rear Toe
113 pages;
- Glasson; Active Rear Wheel Steering for a Formula SAE Vehicle
11 pages; Some useful examples (Fig 5) of RWS output
- O'Kane, Timoney; Investigation of Four-wheel Steering Algorithms for a Formula SAE Car
16 pages; Does not provide any meaningful details of the controller; has useful early references from Japan
- Taherian; Integrated control of Four-Wheel-Steering and Torque vectoring (MSc)
75 pages
- Vilaplana, Leith, Leithead; Control of Sideslip And Yaw Rate in 4-wheel Steering Cars Using Partial Decoupling And Individual Channel Design
6 pages; very mathematical
- Veen; Controlling Rear Wheel Steering
28 pages; Controller is very simple but the report covers useful aspects of hardware implementation
===== Torque Vectoring =====
- Claret; Torque Vectoring Control For Electric And Brake-by-Wire Vehicles (MSc)
175 pages; Very good chapters on torque limits and readable MATLAB code
- Kaiser; Torque Vectoring, Linear Parameter-Varying Control for an EV (PhD)
163 pages; Provides useful testing evidence at Gaydon
- Siampis; Optimal Torque Vectoring Control Strategies For Stabilisation of EVs At The Limits Of Handling (PhD)
226 pages; Comprehensive analysis on torque vectoring
- Stoop; Design and Implementation of Torque Vectoring for the Forze Racing Car (MSc)
104 pages; Uses a PI controller
===== Traction Control =====
- Andersen & Wiben; Design of Slip-based Active Braking and Traction Control System for the Electric Vehicle QBEAK
157 pages; Uses Burckhardt Tyre Model
- Borrelli, Bemporad, Fodor, Hrovat; A Hybrid Approach to Traction Control
13 pages; Too mathematical!
- De Pinto; Comparison of Traction Controllers for Electric Vehicles with On-Board Drivetrains
13 pages; A useful comparison of different methodologies
- Grossmann; MOVES - Modelling of ABS & TCS Algorithms
145 pages; Very practical description of the Simulink models for both braking and traction
- Lee & Tomizuka; Adaptive Traction Control
75 pages; Very mathematical
- Zetterqvist; Powertrain Modelling and Control Algorithms For Traction Control
73 pages; Useful for fuzzy logic TCS controller
===== Velocity Estimation =====
- Klomp, Gao, Bruzelius; Longitudinal velocity and road slope estimation in hybrid electric vehicles employing early detection of excessive wheel slip
18 pages; Very practical explanation of Kalman filter use with wheelspeed sensors and accelerometer
===== Papers on subscription =====