- Learning of the vehicle subsystems: chassis, engine, driveline - Learning of detailed and simplified vehicle modelling for each subsystem - Learning of vehicle control aspects and objectives for each subsystem and their interactions - Learning of possible solutions to each control problem - Ability to adapt vehicle model complexity to simulation, estimation, design aims - Ability to formulate vehicle control objectives - Ability to tune control systems and to evaluate the obtained performances - Ability to tune and evaluate a control system by means of the numerical simulation

The student must know the automatic control fundamental concepts and methods: the notion of dynamic system, its mathematical representation, its properties analysis, the notion of performance and feedback, the regulator design main techniques, such as the state or output feedback, both in the time and frequency domain. Digital control techniques, such as sampling, reconstruction and digital filter realization, are useful, together with robustness notion and its related analysis and design techniques. Basics on mechanical and thermodynamics systems and their mathematical description are as well useful. The student must be able to use the MATLAB/SIMULINK software environment.

Course presentation and overview on automotive control problems (2 hours). Chassis control problems: - Longitudinal dynamic during braking and acceleration: ABS and TC (7 hours). - Yaw dynamic in steering manoeuvres: ESP (7 hours). Engine control problems: - Thermodynamic phenomena (4 hours). - Combustion engines principles (4 hours). - Air fuel ratio control (6 hours). - Idle speed control (4 hours). - Knock control (5 hours). - Cylinder balancing (2 hours). Driveline control problems: - Gear shifting (4 hours). If possible, presentation of automotive companies are scheduled during the course.

Room lectures on the course topics (45 hours). Laboratory lectures: deepening of the chassis and driveline subjects by means of numerical exercises. The lectures take place in a computer laboratory using CARSIM, a professional numerical simulator of the vehicle dynamics, together with the software tool MATLAB/SIMULINK (15 hours). If possible, visit to automotive companies are scheduled during the course.

U. Kiencke, L. Nielsen, Automotive Control Systems: For Engine, Driveline and Vehicle, Springer-Verlag, Second Edition, 2005. A.G. Ulsoy, H. Peng and M. Ēakmakcż, Automotive Control Systems, Cambridge University Press, 2012 Additional material, such as notes, lecture slides and laboratory exercise files, is made available to students.

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