@article{ref1,
title="Quadratic evaluation of the stability domain and experimental validation of the behaviour of an articulated vehicle",
journal="Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles",
year="1992",
author="Khan, M. and Bourassa, P. and Marcos, B. and Payre, G. and Ratte, S.",
volume="1992",
number="",
pages="338-343",
abstract="In this work, the dynamic stability of non linear system representing tractor semitrailer vehicles is studied on the base of a qualitative problem approach. Starting with a small resticted stability domain obtained by using the Hamiltonian of the system as an initial Lyapunov function, and following a direct search procedure with the unconstrained minimization technique (S.U.M.T.), the stability domain of this vehicle system was successfully maximised for quadratic type Lyapunov functions and for the proposed search method.<p />",
language="",
issn="",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}