Abstract
The knowledge of the forces acting between tire and road is crucial for modern vehicle control
systems. Typically, such forces are estimated on the basis of indirect measurements and rely on complex
mathematical models. Sensors embedded in the tire (e.g. accelerometers) offer the possibility of directly
reaching the area of the tire-road interaction, and of delivering signals during the wheel rotation. Such
signals reflect the tire state and the force exchanged between tire and road.
In this paper an innovative approach to estimate such forces is presented. It exploits the signal delivered
during the wheel rotation by an accelerometer glued to the inner side of the tire tread. The approach
consists in processing the signal by means of the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The results
of experimental activities employing a real vehicle provide evidence to support the feasibility and the
soundness of the proposed approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control |
| Pages | 12029-12034 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2014 |
Fields of science
- 206002 Electro-medical engineering
- 207109 Pollutant emission
- 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
- 202027 Mechatronics
- 202034 Control engineering
- 203027 Internal combustion engines
- 206001 Biomedical engineering
JKU Focus areas
- Mechatronics and Information Processing