This report describes a guidance system for agile vehicles based on a hybrid closed-loop model of the vehicle dynamics. The hybrid model represents the vehicle dynamics through a combination of linear-timeinvariant control modes and pre-programmed, finiteduration maneuvers. This particular hybrid structure can be realized through a control system that combines trim controllers and a maneuvering...

Selection of higher values for Degree of Hybridization (DOH) increases the fuel economy and reduces the emissions in the Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs). Previously presented methodologies for deciding about the number of battery modules (as an important factor influencing the vehicle performance), presents poor vehicle performance for higher DOHs. In this paper, a new technique has been propos...

The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is one of the most important combinational optimization problems that has nowadays received much attention because of its real application in industrial and service problems. The VRP involves routing a fleet of vehicles, each of them visiting a set of nodes such that every node is visited by exactly one vehicle only once. So, the objective is to minimize the to...

Aluminum and magnesium alloys are of materials for decreasing vehicle weight and consequently reducing fuel consumption. However, forming limitations regarding their low formability at room temperature are found when being manufactured by conventional forming processes. For this reason, development of new forming techniques, such as warm tube hydroforming, is needed to overcome such limitations...

This is the second paper in a series of two that describe our research in intelligent energy management in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). Energy management in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) has been actively studied recently because of its potential to significantly improve fuel economy and emission control. Because of the dual-power-source nature and the complex configuration and operation m...

This research addresses an empirical multi-depot vehicle routing case for a fixed-route trucking carrier. In this case, the characteristics of vehicle routing problems, including multi-depots, dispatching quantity, routes arrangement and time-window constraints, are considered in order to reduce the delivering cost. A hybrid heuristic algorithm is developed in order to solve this practical prob...

In the last years, increasing attention has been spent toward the applications of solar energy to cars. Various prototypes of solar cars have been built and tested, mainly for racing and demonstrative purposes [1] [2]. Despite of a significant technological effort and some spectacular outcomes, the limitations due to low density and unpredictable availability of solar source, the weight associa...

ISSN 2250 – 1088 | © 2011 Bonfring Abstract--This paper proposes a novel method to find an effective solution for the increasing problems of traffic congestion and environmental pollution through an efficient mode of public transport system. In the proposed topology a combination of dual battery powered plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), optimizes the utilization of energy sources dependin...

This report describes a guidance system for agile vehicles based on a hybrid closed-loop model of the vehicle dynamics. The hybrid model represents the vehicle dynamics through a combination of linear-timeinvariant control modes and pre-programmed, finiteduration maneuvers. This particular hybrid structure can be realized through a control system that combines trim controllers and a maneuvering...

A small hybrid vehicle has been developed and tested that is capable of flying, crawling, and transitioning between aerial and terrestrial locomotion modes. The Morphing Micro Air-Land Vehicle is a 16 inch wingspan craft proposed for advanced reconnaissance missions. Earlier versions of MMALV included several sources of low durability. Original prototypes relied on standard RC servos (modified ...