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    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY

    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    ME 131 Vehicle Dynamics & Control Spring 2013


    Prerequisites: Math 53, 54, Physics 7A-7B, programming (E 7), ordinary differential equations (Math 1B, Math 54) 150 GSPP MWF 3:00-4:00 Karl Hedrick, 5104 Etcheverry Hall, [email protected] Office hours: MWF 4:00-5:00 "ME131 Spring 2013" site at https://bspace.berkeley.edu/ Piazza at https://piazza.com/berkeley/spring2013/me131/home TBD Email: [email protected] Sang-Hyun Hong ([email protected]) Shih-Yuan Liu ([email protected]) Office hours: TBA MATLAB / Simulink access, 2109 Etcheverry Hall Vehicle Dynamics and Control, 2nd Edition, R. Rajamani, Springer, 2012 Available online through UCB network: http://www.springer.com/

    Location: Lecture: Instructor:

    Class URL:

    Discussion: GSI:

    Computer lab: Text:

    Additional references: 1. Theory of Ground Vehicles, J.Y. Wong, J. Wiley, 1993 2. Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, T. Gillespie, SAE, 1992 3. Bosch Automotive Handbook, 8th Edition, Robert Bosch, GmbH, Bentley Pub., 2011 4. Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals and Modeling, G. Rill, Taylor Francis, 2011 5. Automotive Control Systems, Ulsoy, Peng, and Cakmakci, Cambridge University Press, 2012 Grading scheme: 8 homework sets 1 term project Final Exam 33 1/3% 33 1/3% 33 1/3%

    ME 131 Vehicle Dynamics & Control


    Tentative Lecture Schedule Numbers indicate week. Letters indicate lecture. Numbers inside parenthesis indicate reading assignments in the text. 1. Course overview & dynamics review (a) Introduction, course outline, (text Chap 1) (b) Rigid body dynamics (text chapter 2.4, class notes) (c) Feedback control systems (class notes) 2. Simulation / numerical methods & lateral dynamics I (a) Numerical integration methods (b) MATLAB, Simulink (class notes) (c) Lateral dynamics I (text chapter 2) - Bicycle model, steady state cornering - Use of error coordinates 3. Lateral dynamics II (a) Understeer / oversteer (text chapter 2) (b) Transient behavior (class notes) (c) Load transfer (class notes) 4. Longitudinal vehicle dynamics (a) Longitudinal dynamics (text chapter 4) (b) Longitudinal tire forces (c) Driveline dynamics & spark ignition systems (text chapters 4,9) 5. Longitudinal control I (a) Hierarchical structure: upper / lower layers (chapter 5) (b) Upper layer design: application to adaptive cruise control (c) Lower layer design: drive & brake-by-wire systems 6. Longitudinal control II (a) Sliding controller design (b) PID controller design (c) Adaptive cruise control (ACC) (chap 5) - Constant spacing control - Constant headway control

    7. Longitudinal control III (a) ACC continued Chap 6) (b) Automated highway systems (chap 7) - Platoons - String stability 8. Electronic stability control systems I (text chapter 8) (a) Combined lateral / longitudinal dynamics - 7 DOF model - Combined lateral / longitudinal tire forces - Friction circle, Dugoff model, magic formula) 9. Electronic stability control systems II (a) Yaw moment control (chap 8) - Upper layer controller - Lower layer controller - Differential braking - Differential traction - Steer-by-wire control 10. 4-Wheel steering (a) Bicycle model (b) Alternative control concepts for rear wheel steering 11. Active / semi-active suspensions for ride quality I (a) Passive suspensions (text chapter 10) (b) Ride quality specifications (c) Active suspensions (text chapter 11) - Sky-hook damper 12. Active / semi-active suspensions for ride quality II (a) Semi-active suspensions (text Chapter 12)

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