@article{ref1,
title="Designing On-Demand Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicles via Active Control of the Central Transfer Case",
journal="IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems",
year="2010",
author="Panzani, G. and Corno, M. and Tanelli, M. and Zappavigna, A. and Savaresi, S.m. and Fortina, A. and Campo, S.",
volume="11",
number="4",
pages="931-941",
abstract="New driveline architectures equipped with torque-biasing devices such as active differentials and active transfer cases have yielded a new generation of on-demand four-wheel-drive vehicles, where the torque distribution between left and right and between front and rear axles can actively be modulated online. This allows one to design active vehicle-control systems that are capable of altering, via electronic control, the behavior of a car dictated from its mechanical layout, e.g., understeering and oversteering characteristics. This paper proposes a control strategy that optimizes vehicle performance while guaranteeing vehicle stability and drivability by actively controlling the transfer case. The performance of the overall control strategy is assessed on both a multibody simulator and an instrumented test vehicle.<p />",
language="",
issn="1524-9050",
doi="10.1109/TITS.2010.2055858",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2010.2055858"
}