15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
A VEHICLE MODEL FOR THE DESIGN OF PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED YAW-CONTROL SYSTEMS
E. Silani, S.M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti,
A. Visconti, F. Farachi
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e
Informazione, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Tel. +39-02-23993650, Fax +39-02-23993412
e-mail: [silani, savaresi, bittanti]@elet.polimi.it
Ferrari S.p.A., Divisione Innovazione,
Via Abetone inferiore, 4, 41053 Maranello (MO), Italy
e-mail: [avisconti, ffarachi]@ferrari.it

In this paper a complete dynamic model of a road vehicle is derived and discussed, which can be suitably used to develop the new concept of “performance-oriented” yaw-control system.
Keywords: Dynamic modelling, nonlinear models, tyres, vehicle dynamics, vehicle suspension.
Session slot T-Th-E21: Posters of Transportation and Vehicles/Area code 8b : Automotive Control