A Model-Based Observer for Intelligent Tire Concepts
Paper in proceeding, 2019

In the last decades, several intelligent concepts have been developed based on different sensors. Nowadays, one of the major research issue for intelligent tire studies is how to correlate measurements provided by sensors to the tire dynamics. The most widespread approaches are based on signal processing techniques which are expensive and time-consuming due to the large amount of data to be collected. In this paper, a model-based observer to estimate the forces acting on the tire starting from tread strain measurements is presented. The proposed mathematical model is the Flexible Ring Tire Model, which is capable of describing the longitudinal dynamics of intelligent tire systems and consists of a deformable ring supported by a viscoelastic foundation. The system has been simulated in MATLAB-Simulink environment and the loads acting on the tire have been included in the state-space representation of the model. In this way, the Unscented Kalman Filter has been employed to estimate both the state and the forces exchanged with the road in the contact patch.

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tire dynamics

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Author

Luigi Romano

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Salvatore Strano

University of Naples Federico II

Mario Terzo

University of Naples Federico II

5th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry: Innovation to Shape the Future, RTSI 2019 - Proceedings

447-452 8895599

5th International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry, RTSI 2019
Firenze, Italy,

Subject Categories

Applied Mechanics

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Control Engineering

DOI

10.1109/RTSI.2019.8895599

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