Performance of vehicle direction behavior on turning conditions by adding braking force proportion control.

The performance of vehicle direction stability both on straight roads and turning roads is one of the important aspects to be considered in designing automotive products as a whole. In straight road conditions, an antilock brake system has been developed or better known as the Antilock Breaking System (ABS), but in turning conditions, the standard ABS performance is less than optimal to overcome oversteer or understeer vehicle conditions. The less optimal performance of vehicle direction stability is due to the magnitude of the braking force of each wheel is still the same while in turning conditions the braking force requirements of each wheel are not the same. One strategy to overcome these weaknesses is to control the proportion of braking force on each wheel. The research was conducted by formulating the physical model of the system into a mathematical model, then simulating it with a Simulink matlab. The braking force proportion control system model, and the vehicle model are made completely, then integrated into the vehicle direction stability performance plant/system. The simulation results show that at a fairly high speed of 80 km/hour the braking system with control of the proportion of braking force is still quite good, while the standard ABS at speeds above 60 km/hour tends to oversteer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]