ADVANCED STEERING CONTROL OF ROAD VEHICLES

This dissertation addresses steering control, with focus on a non- parallel steering technique and a steering controller design for automated handling of vehicles. The non-parallel steering technique uses lateral load transfer to counter cornering stiffness, thus leading to more stability and maneuverability. The automated steering controller involves a sliding mode controller with parameter adaptation and a non-linear sliding surface.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1997 UMI Company, Ann Arbor MI Remarks: Thesis (Ph. D. in Engineering)--University of California Berkeley
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1740
• Authors:
  • Saraf, Sujit Kumar
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: ix, 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic steering control; Sliding mode control
• Identifier Terms: Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Controllers

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00783347
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: AAT 9803341 (UMI order no.)
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Feb 16 2000 12:00AM