Abstract
This paper presents the concept of a novel active buckling control strategy aimed at alleviating the compatibility problem arising when two vehicles of dissimilar mass and stiffness values encounter a collision. The approach assumes that the properties of the vehicle body structures may be changed via actively controlled materials; in particular the smallest positive eigenvalue which corresponds to the point at which buckling commences. The approach is based on a multi-dimensional look-up table combined with fuzzy logic for interpolating between pre-calculated levels of energy absorption related to the stiffness values. By modelling the force versus deformation characteristic, the energy to be absorbed is more appropriately apportioned, thus enhancing vehicle safety.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2014 UKACC International Conference on Control (CONTROL) |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 313-318 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4799-5011-9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2014 |
Bibliographical note
This paper is not yet available on the repositoryKeywords
- active buckling control
- automotive control
- bilinear model
- collision energy
- fuzzy logic