In this paper, dynamics and stability of an articulated vehicle in the yaw plane are examined through analysis, simulations, and vehicle testing. Control of a vehicletrailer combination using active braking of the towing vehicle is discussed. A linear analytical model describing lateral and yaw motions of a vehicle-trailer combination is used to study the effects of parameter variations of the ...

A fixed-wing aircraft that is capable of low airspeed, high angle of attack flight can serve an expanded range of mission goals. A typical propeller-driven small unmanned aircraft can be equipped with an engine that provides greater thrust than airplane weight; in post-stall states, the aircraft then depends on propeller backwash over the tail for control moment generation. Due to this dependen...

This paper suggests a hierarchical coordination control strategy to enhance the stability of distributed drive electric bus. First, an observer based on sliding mode (SMO) and adaptive neural fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) was designed estimate vehicle state parameters. Then upper layer primarily focuses coordinating active front steering (AFS) direct yaw moment (DYC). The phase plane method is...

Yaw angle control is an essential function in every autonomous vehicle system. In this paper, a novel yaw angle control method for vehicle is proposed. Because the attitude of vehicle obtained from on-board GPS receiver is not only delayed but also at low rate in comparison with the control frequency of EPS servo drives, it is impossible to use GPS directly in yaw angle control loop. By integra...