Drivers who lack sufficient experience would be unable to achieve handling stability due to the variationand dynamics of the combined vehicles (CVs). Drivers face hurdles in the stabilization attempt once these vehiclesare rendered unstable. In this investigation, the use of the behavior of real vehicles to track the desired properties ofthe developed combined vehicles can help maintain good handling stability despite the present varying dynamics. This paper provides an appropriate design method for CVs to gain suitable handling property for such vehicles. Thedeveloped adaptive steering controller (ASC) allows the tracking of the desired vehicle by the real vehicle, despitethe variation of parameter and lack of information of the real vehicle. Simulation results are obtained to validate thatthe handling stability was improved by using one design parameter, which minimizes frequency oscillation causedin the wheel steering angles. The introduction of a driver model that can simulate the real vehicle demonstrated thatthe adoption of the ASC is useful in the driver-tractor-semitrailer system
Drivers who lack sufficient experience would be unable to achieve handling stability due to the variationand dynamics of the combined vehicles (CVs). Drivers face hurdles in the stabilization attempt once these vehiclesare rendered unstable. In this investigation, the use of the behavior of real vehicles to track the desired properties ofthe developed combined vehicles can help maintain good handling stability despite the present varying dynamics. This paper provides an appropriate design method for CVs to gain suitable handling property for such vehicles. Thedeveloped adaptive steering controller (ASC) allows the tracking of the desired vehicle by the real vehicle, despitethe variation of parameter and lack of information of the real vehicle. Simulation results are obtained to validate thatthe handling stability was improved by using one design parameter, which minimizes frequency oscillation causedin the wheel steering angles. The introduction of a driver model that can simulate the real vehicle demonstrated thatthe adoption of the ASC is useful in the driver-tractor-semitrailer system