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Narrow Tilting Vehicles [electronic resource] : Mechanism, Dynamics, and Control / by Chen Tang, Amir Khajepour.

By: Tang, Chen [author.].
Contributor(s): Khajepour, Amir [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Advances in Automotive Technology: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019Edition: 1st ed. 2019.Description: XII, 75 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031015014.Subject(s): Electrical engineering | Mechanical engineering | Automotive engineering | Transportation engineering | Traffic engineering | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Automotive Engineering | Transportation Technology and Traffic EngineeringAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 621.3 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Urban Vehicles and Narrow Tilting Vehicles -- Tilting Mechanisms and Actuators -- Tilting Vehicle Dynamics -- Tilting Vehicle Control -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Authors' Biographies.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: To resolve the urban transportation challenges like congestion, parking, fuel consumption, and pollution, narrow urban vehicles which are small in footprint and light in their gross weight are proposed. Apart from the narrow cabin design, these vehicles are featured by their active tilting system, which automatically tilts the cabin like a motorcycle during the cornering for comfort and safety improvements. Such vehicles have been manufactured and utilized in city commuter programs. However, there is no book that systematically discusses the mechanism, dynamics, and control of narrow tilting vehicles (NTVs). In this book, motivations for building NTVs and various tilting mechanisms designs are reviewed, followed by the study of their dynamics. Finally, control algorithms designed to fully utilize the potential of tilting mechanisms in narrow vehicles are discussed. Special attention is paid to an efficient use of the control energy for rollover mitigation, which greatly enhance the stability of NTVs with optimized operational costs.
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Urban Vehicles and Narrow Tilting Vehicles -- Tilting Mechanisms and Actuators -- Tilting Vehicle Dynamics -- Tilting Vehicle Control -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Authors' Biographies.

To resolve the urban transportation challenges like congestion, parking, fuel consumption, and pollution, narrow urban vehicles which are small in footprint and light in their gross weight are proposed. Apart from the narrow cabin design, these vehicles are featured by their active tilting system, which automatically tilts the cabin like a motorcycle during the cornering for comfort and safety improvements. Such vehicles have been manufactured and utilized in city commuter programs. However, there is no book that systematically discusses the mechanism, dynamics, and control of narrow tilting vehicles (NTVs). In this book, motivations for building NTVs and various tilting mechanisms designs are reviewed, followed by the study of their dynamics. Finally, control algorithms designed to fully utilize the potential of tilting mechanisms in narrow vehicles are discussed. Special attention is paid to an efficient use of the control energy for rollover mitigation, which greatly enhance the stability of NTVs with optimized operational costs.

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