In the case of widely-uncertain non-linear system control design, it was very difficult to design a single controller to overcome control design specifications in all of its dynamical characteristics uncertainties. To resolve these problems, a new design method of robust fuzzy control proposed. The solution offered was by creating multiple soft-switching with Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model for optim...

Presented is a real-time engine brake torque estimation model where the instantaneous measured engine speed serves as the model input. The model is comprised of notch filters executed in the crank-angle domain to extract mean engine speed and the nth frequency component from the instantaneous engine speed signal in real-time. Here n denotes the number of engine cylinders. Moreover, the engine b...

A model-based approach is applied to robustly control torque generation in four-stroke spark ignition (SI) engines. Discrete event engine model (DEM) is adopted to describe the torque generation process consisting of discrete combustion strokes. Disturbance observer (DOB) is utilized to achieve robust stability and performance of the torque generation process. For a single-input, single-output ...

A V-type engine with a bi-turbocharger configuration utilizes the exhaust energy well which gives a fast torque response. An unwanted instability, called co-surge, can occur in such engines where the two interconnected compressors alternately go into flow reversals. If cosurge occurs, the control system must quell the oscillations with as little disturbance in engine torque as possible. A model...

This paper presents a robust control strategy driving an actuated compass gait robot towards steady and periodic gaits. By robust we mean a large basin of attraction for the limit cycle. The originality lies in the generation of the swing leg reference angle and speed as a simple function of the supporting leg angle. Simulations and experimentation with a prototype showed that the system exhibi...

SYNOPSIS Internal combustion engines are being required to comply with increasingly stringent government exhaust emissions regulations. Compression ignition piston engines will continue to be used in cost-sensitive fuel applications such as in heavy-duty buses and trucks, power generation, locomotives, and off-highway applications, and will find application in hybrid electric vehicles. Close co...

The paper by A. Stotsky introduces an algorithm for real-time estimation of the engine friction torque, capable to achieve a dynamic adaptation of the static maps widely used in the engine control functionality. This adaptation of the friction map allows a better vehicle driveability performance and an enhanced control by the driver of the vehicle longitudinal transients. There are several inte...

This paper presents a design method of a torque control strategy for parallel hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) by using fuzzy logic. Taking the driver command, the state of charge (SOC) of the battery, and the motor/generator speed as inputs, a fuzzy controller and relevant fuzzy rules have been developed to effectively determine the torque distribution between electric motor (EM) and internal c...

i Abstract A vehicular driveline consists of engine, clutch, transmission, shafts, and wheels, which are controlled by a driveline management system. Experiments and modeling using a heavy truck show that there are significant torsional resonances in the driveline. A linear model with a drive shaft flexibility is able to sufficiently explain the measured engine speed and wheel speed. Engine con...