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Vehicle-Trailer Handling Dynamics and Stability Control ─ an Engineering Review
Technical Paper
2007-01-0822
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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This paper presented an engineering review on the state of the art in the research and development of vehicle-trailer handling dynamics and stability controls. The issues and potential technical solutions were identified in various areas and the unique characteristics of vehicle-trailer as a combined system were investigated and compared to a single-unit vehicle system. Many approaches taken in modeling, analysis, simulation and testing were examined, and various control methods, actuations and control implementations were evaluated. As a result of this study, further research areas were also identified. While it is important to maintain the stability of a trailer, thus the stability of a vehicle-trailer combination, it remains one of the major challenges in designing an appropriate control law to balance effectively the requirements between stability and handling performance, which often set conflicting objectives.
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Kang, X. and Deng, W., "Vehicle-Trailer Handling Dynamics and Stability Control ─ an Engineering Review," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-0822, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-0822.Also In
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