Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system

This thesis includes the research on the control strategies of a convoy vehicle on the road highway. The control strategy used for this research is the Vehicle Following control strategy. This research covers only on the longitudinal vehicle convoy and is assuming that the vehicle dynamic is ideally...

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Main Author: Tumin, Saiful Asmin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling my-utm-ep.322802018-05-27T07:42:44Z Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system 2012-01 Tumin, Saiful Asmin TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements This thesis includes the research on the control strategies of a convoy vehicle on the road highway. The control strategy used for this research is the Vehicle Following control strategy. This research covers only on the longitudinal vehicle convoy and is assuming that the vehicle dynamic is ideally perfect. Starting with the literature review on the Automation of Highway at present, the research continues with the building up of mathematical model and designing the Simulink model of the system, using Matlab / Simulink. This is followed by using the Optimization method in order to find the right value of gains. The result shows that with the use of correct method, the value of gains can be achieved easily and will result in good stability in the vehicle convoy and the individual vehicle. Stability is important as the vehicles need to move with a safety distance and comfort for different input velocity. Stability will guarantee the safety of the drivers. 2012-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32280/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32280/1/SaifulAsminTuminMFKE2012.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic TE Highway engineering
Roads and pavements
spellingShingle TE Highway engineering
Roads and pavements
Tumin, Saiful Asmin
Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
description This thesis includes the research on the control strategies of a convoy vehicle on the road highway. The control strategy used for this research is the Vehicle Following control strategy. This research covers only on the longitudinal vehicle convoy and is assuming that the vehicle dynamic is ideally perfect. Starting with the literature review on the Automation of Highway at present, the research continues with the building up of mathematical model and designing the Simulink model of the system, using Matlab / Simulink. This is followed by using the Optimization method in order to find the right value of gains. The result shows that with the use of correct method, the value of gains can be achieved easily and will result in good stability in the vehicle convoy and the individual vehicle. Stability is important as the vehicles need to move with a safety distance and comfort for different input velocity. Stability will guarantee the safety of the drivers.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Tumin, Saiful Asmin
author_facet Tumin, Saiful Asmin
author_sort Tumin, Saiful Asmin
title Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
title_short Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
title_full Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
title_fullStr Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
title_sort modeling and analysis of road vehicle following system
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32280/1/SaifulAsminTuminMFKE2012.pdf
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