a Vehicle Control Lab; Toyota Central R & D Labs. Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
b Toyota Motor Corp./Susono, Shizuoka, Japan
c Denso Corp./Kariya, Aichi, Japan
d Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd./Kariya, Aichi, Japan
Abstract:
It is important to estimate friction force characteristics between tire and road in order to improve the control performance of a vehicle in critical motions. In this paper, an estimation method which estimates parameters concerned with a friction force margin is proposed by applying the on-line least-squares method to wheel rotational velocities. The effect of the estimation is evaluated by applying the method to the braking control.