Developing a Control Algorithm Based on Vehicle Motion Requirements

This module is derived from the course “Intro to Mechatronics” at Lawrence Technological University and was developed through seed funding from the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT). This module contains a PowerPoint presentation and LabVIEW simulation file. In the presentation the following concepts are discussed: wheel/tire-terrain interactive dynamics (wheel loads, effective rolling radius, and power balance), inverse dynamics-based control (changing rolling conditions and angular velocity control), control strategies (loops and algorithms), and control algorithms in the LabVIEW environment. LabVIEW software is required for opening the virtual instruments (.vi) file.