Over the years, there has been a lot of interest on this forum in the SAE Applied Vehicle Dynamics seminar which I help teach. Well, I am glad to announce that this January we will be teaching a two-day seminar called Applied Brake Controls, at a vehicle test facility in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We will get a lot of seat time on snow, ice, and combined surfaces as we delve into the topics of:
DAY ONE - ABS & TCS
- ABS Part I: Performance on Homogeneous Surfaces
- Mu-slip curves and the friction circle
- Defining stability, steerability, stopping distance
- ABS objectives and strategies
- ABS performance on homogeneous surfaces
- Driving exercise - combined braking and steering on low-coefficient surfaces
- ABS Part II: Performance on Splits and Transitions
- Basics of ABS wheel control
- Why splits and transitions require unique control
- ABS performance on split-mu surfaces
- ABS performance during transitions
- Driving exercise - ABS transitions and split-mu deceleration
- TCS Part I: Performance on Homogeneous Surfaces
- Revisiting stability, steerability, acceleration performance
- TCS objectives and strategies
- Basics of TCS wheel control
- TCS performance on homogeneous surfaces
- Driving exercise - combined accelerating and steering on low-coefficient surfaces
DAY TWO - TCS & ESC
- TCS Part II: Performance on Splits and Transitions
- Why splits and transitions require unique control
- TCS performance on split-mu surfaces
- TCS performance during transitions
- Driveline architecture implications
- Driving exercise - TCS transitions and split-mu acceleration
- ESC Performance
- The physics of turning
- ESC objectives and strategies
- Basics of ESC wheel control
- ESC performance on homogeneous surfaces
- Driving exercise - double lane changes on low-coefficient surfaces
- ABS, TCS, and ESC Interactions
- Review of ABS, TCS, and ESC wheel control
- Moding considerations
- Driving exercise - low-coefficient handling course
Seats are still available, and it would be cool to see someone from this forum, and/or someone from GRM, in attendance. More info at the link below:
https://www.sae.org/learn/content/c0610/
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