Road Friction Virtual Sensing: A Review of Estimation Techniques with Emphasis on Low Excitation Approaches

Manuel Acosta, Stratis Kanarachos, Mike Blundell

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    Abstract

    In this paper, a review on road friction virtual sensing approaches is provided. In particular, this work attempts to address whether the road grip potential can be estimated accurately under regular driving conditions in which the vehicle responses remain within low longitudinal and lateral excitation levels. This review covers in detail the most relevant effect-based estimation methods; these are methods in which the road friction characteristics are inferred from the tyre responses: tyre slip, tyre vibration, and tyre noise. Slip-based approaches (longitudinal dynamics, lateral dynamics, and tyre self-alignment moment) are covered in the first part of the review, while low frequency and high frequency vibration-based works are presented in the following sections. Finally, a brief summary containing the main advantages and drawbacks derived from each estimation method and the future envisaged research lines are presented in the last sections of the paper.

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    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1230
    Number of pages47
    JournalApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
    Volume7
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Nov 2017

    Bibliographical note

    This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).

    Keywords

    • Automotive virtual sensing
    • Noise-based friction estimation
    • Road friction potential
    • Slip-based friction estimation
    • Vibration-based friction estimation

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Instrumentation
    • General Engineering
    • Process Chemistry and Technology
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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