Date of Award
5-2013
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Chair/Advisor
Dr. Thomas R. Kurfess
Committee Member
Dr. David Bodde
Committee Member
Dr. E. Harry Law
Committee Member
Dr. Mohammed Daqaq
Committee Member
Dr. Imtiaz Haque
Abstract
While vehicle stability control is a well-established technology in the passenger car realm, it is still an area of active research for commercial vehicles as indicated by the recent notice of proposed rulemaking on commercial vehicle stability by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, 2012). The reasons that commercial vehicle electronic stability control (ESC) development has lagged passenger vehicle ESC include the fact that the industry is generally slow to adopt new technologies and that commercial vehicles are far more complex requiring adaptation of existing technology. From the controller theory perspective, current commercial vehicle stability systems are generally passenger car based ESC systems that have been modified to manage additional brakes (axles). They do not monitor the entire vehicle nor do they manage the entire vehicle as a system.
Recommended Citation
Arant, Michael O'Neal, "Stability Control of Triple Trailer Vehicles" (2013). All Dissertations. 1411.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/1411