Course Summary
The aim of the course is to familiarise you with the control issues of the core automotive systems that influence the general behaviour of the whole vehicle. This course will also address the design, control and implementation of these systems using the platform of MATLAB and SIMULINK.
The objective is to prepare you for real world applications in automotive systems and control. The course promotes hands-on practice by incorporating a course project that will enable you to apply the learned technologies to a real world automotive system application via the platform of MATLAB and SIMULINK.
The course will cover control system design and numerical simulation of automotive systems such as brake system, ride & handling systems, and power-train. It will start with the most widely used control structure in automotive applications and end with the advanced control topics that include system constraints in the design and the driver system close loop control. The course will provide you with the modern techniques of modelling, simulation and control of automotive systems, using MATLAB and SIMULINK computer packages.
The course has three modules:
- Overview of main Automotive Systems. This module is limited to the principles and theory underlying the design and operation of the most representative automotive systems and their safety and energy subsystems, i.e. brakes (proportioning and ABS), ride & handling (suspension, steering, ESP) power-train (transmission, clutch, launch control, electronic differential), adaptive cruise control, lane change assistance, and intelligent transportation systems.
- Control Systems. This module is limited to the principles, classical control and intelligent control methods as applied to the automotive systems.
- Automotive systems simulation, control and data analysis. This module is dedicated to the modelling of automotive systems using MATLAB and SIMULINK computer software.