A one-day seminar to explore recent developments in the design and analysis of vehicle dynamic behaviour (VDC2009) was held in Cambridge on 2 April 2009. The seminar was opened by Prof Robin Langley, Head of the Mechanics Division of Cambridge University Engineering Department. One hundred delegates from the UK and Europe heard eleven presentations on vehicle dynamics and vibration, steering dynamics, tyre dynamics and path following control.
Given the success of the event it is anticipated that a similar event will be held in Cambridge in 2011. In the meantime, the AVEC10 conference to be held in Loughborough in 2010 provides another opportunity to hear about recent developments in vehicle control.
The presentations given at VDC2009 are listed below, along with links to the slides (where permission has been given by the authors). Note that copyright of the slides belongs to the authors unless otherwise stated.
Characterisation of longitudinal response for a full-time four wheel drive vehicle
Jasjit Pawar and Sean Biggs (Jaguar and Land Rover) and Dr Peter Jones (University of Warwick)
Slides Copyright belongs to Jaguar Land Rover.
New directions for vehicle dynamics using passive network synthesis
Prof. Malcolm Smith (University of Cambridge)
Slides
Steering feedback: modelling its effect on driver and vehicle
Will Hoult and Dr David Cole (University of Cambridge)
Slides
Driver perception of steady-state steering feel
Dr Anna Speed (Jaguar and Land Rover)
Slides
Tyre modelling: current state-of-the-art, future trends and loose ends
Dr George Mavros (Loughborough University)
Slides
Tyre and vehicle model identification using identifying Kalman filters
Dr Matthew Best (Loughborough University)
Slides
Multi-axle active steering of lorries
Dr Richard Roebuck, Dr Andrew Odhams and Prof. David Cebon (University of Cambridge)
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Four-wheel vehicle models in the control loop for ESP and torque distribution
Malcolm Burgess and Richard Hurdwell (Lotus Engineering)
Slides Copyright belongs to Lotus Engineering.
Autonomous vehicle dynamics testing
Dr Andrew Pick and Mat Hubbard (Anthony Best Dynamics)
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Applications of nonlinear dynamics to stability analysis of motorcycles, and predictive control in rider feedback
Dr Atanas Popov (Univ. of Nottingham), Dr Jacob Meijaard (Univ. of Twente) and Dr Stuart Rowell (Romax Ltd)
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Modelling a racing driver
Prof. Robin Sharp (University of Surrey)
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