Title: Vehicles' directional stability control: literature survey

Authors: Moataz Ahmed; Haoxiang Lang; Moustafa El-Gindy

Addresses: Department of Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0C5, Canada ' Department of Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0C5, Canada ' Department of Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, L1G 0C5, Canada

Abstract: Lateral dynamic control for ground vehicles has been under study for more than three decades to ensure safe driving. Lateral dynamics was involved in automotive engineering in two areas of study. The first is lateral stability control to enhance the vehicle directional stability. The second is vehicle autonomy to secure stability while tracking a path at high speed. The state of art and development in control methodologies of the most notable researches in these two areas will be reviewed in this paper. Besides, the inclusion of lateral dynamic control in the autonomous application will be discussed to show the area of research that is not covered yet and requires more attention to improve both stability and tracking the performance of ground vehicles.

Keywords: stability control; vehicles' directional control; direct yaw control; torque vectoring; active steering; path following.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVSMT.2021.122819

International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modelling and Testing, 2021 Vol.15 No.4, pp.244 - 273

Received: 10 Mar 2020
Accepted: 02 Jul 2020
Published online: 13 May 2022 *

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