Dynamics and Optimal Control of Road Vehicles

This book uniquely offers a unified treatment of tyre, car and motorcycle dynamics, and the application of nonlinear optimal control to vehicle-related problems within a single book. It is a comprehensive and yet accessible text that emphasises the theoretical aspects of vehicular modelling and control.

Sommario

• 1: History of Road Vehicles


• 2: Topics in Mechanics


• 3: Tyres


• 4: Precursor Vehicle Modelling


• 5: Whipple Bicycle


• 6: Ride Dynamics


• 7: Advanced Vehicle Modelling


• 8: Optimal Control


• 9: Vehicular Optimal Control

Info autore

David J.N. Limebeer is Professor of Control Engineering at the Department of Engineering Science of the University of Oxford. He was formerly Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London. He has been carrying out research and consultancy in the field of vehicle dynamics and optimal control of road vehicles since the late 1990s. He is also the author of the book "Linear Optimal Control" (1995; 2017).

Matteo Massaro is Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Padova, IT. He carried out research and consultancy in the fields of vehicle and tyre dynamics, optimal control of road vehicles, motorcycle simulators and driver/rider-vehicle interactions since the mid 2000s.

Riassunto

This book uniquely offers a unified treatment of tyre, car and motorcycle dynamics, and the application of nonlinear optimal control to vehicle-related problems within a single book. It is a comprehensive and yet accessible text that emphasises the theoretical aspects of vehicular modelling and control.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D. J. N. Limebeer, D. J. N. (Professor of Control Engineeri Limebeer, D. J. N.; LIMEBEER, Matteo Massaro
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780198825715
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882571-5
• Pagine: 480
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Meccanica, acustica; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation, TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / Customizing, Automotive technology and trades, Automotive technology & trades, Engineering: Mechanics of solids, Dynamics & vibration