Citation

Hudha K, Zakaria MH, Tamaldin N. Int. J. Veh. Safety 2011; 5(4): 356-373.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJVS.2011.045776

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper introduces an Active Front Wheel Steering (AFWS) control for the purpose of reducing unwanted yaw motion. Side wind forces are considered to be the sources of yaw disturbance in this study. The proposed control strategy for the AFWS is a lateral directional control with yaw rate feedback. The AFWS controller was implemented on Hardware in the Loop Simulation (HILS) using an AFWS test rig. From the simulation and experimental results, AFWS control is able to perform the task of yaw disturbance attenuation by providing additional steering correction for maintaining the original direction of the vehicle.


Keywords: active steering; front wheel steering; side wind force; yaw cancellation; HILS; hardware in the loop simulation; vehicle safety; steering control; steering correction.