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Authors
Zehetner, Josef; Horn, Martin

Identifier
10.3182/20070820-3-US-2918.00003

Index Terms
vehicle dynamics control,sliding mode control,torque vectoring,active rear steering,driver assistance systems

Abstract
In this paper, the design of a vehicle dynamics controller is presented. Two active systems, an active-rear-steering system and a torque-vectoring system are used to improve driveability and stability of a car. Following the ideas of sliding mode control a multi-input-multi-output control law is derived. The usability of our approach is shown by simulation and by on-road tests with a prototype car.

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