The increasing requirements for vehicle driving safety improvement have led to numerous
and in-depth studies on vehicle stability, especially for autonomous vehicles. The main …

Vehicle dynamics is a fascinating subject, but it can also be very frustrating without the tools
to truly understand it. We can try to rely on experience, but an objective knowledge needs a …

Phase portraits provide control system designers strong graphical insight into nonlinear
system dynamics. These plots readily display vehicle stability properties and map …

In order to make full use of the direct yaw control (DYC) in electric vehicles with four in-wheel
motors (IWMs), this paper presents an adaptive SMC control scheme to improve the …

The nonlinear dynamics of two-wheeled trailers is investigated using a spatial 4-DoF
mechanical model. The non-smooth characteristics of the tire forces caused by the …

A new method is proposed to estimate and analyze the vehicle lateral stability region, which
provides a direct and intuitive demonstration for the safety and stability control of ground …

In-wheel-motor-driven electric vehicles (IWM-EVs) provide more potential to enhance
vehicle stability performance. However, traditional stability control relies on the current status …

Mechanical systems with feedback control commonly contain time delays which usually tend
to destabilise the system. With increasing accuracy requirements of data acquisition and …

Autonomous vehicles that can reliably operate outside the stable handling limits would have
access to a wider range of maneuvers in emergencies, improving overall safety. To that end …

The paper contributes to unveil how drivers—either human or not—may lose control of road
vehicles after a disturbance. First, a simple vehicle-and-driver model is considered: Its …