Citation

Kreutz M, Horn M, Zehetner J. Veh. Syst. Dyn. 2009; 47(12): 1551-1564.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00423110802691507

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article presents two design strategies for an active rear wheel steering control system. The first method is a standard design procedure based on the well-known single track model. The aim of the feedback loop is to track a reference yaw rate in order to improve the handling behaviour. Unfortunately, a reasonable specification of the reference yaw rate proves to be a nontrivial task. A second approach avoids this drawback. The structure of the controller is regarded as a virtual mass-spring-damper system with adjustable parameters. Due to the high abstraction level of this method, the controller parameters can be tuned intuitively. Experiments with a prototype vehicle illustrate the effectiveness of the two proposed methodologies.