ON THE REFORMULATION OF THE ABS LOGIC BY SENSING FORCES AND MOMENTS AT THE WHEELS

This paper develops a new strategy for the control of road vehicles dynamics based on the measurements of the forces acting on the tyres. An Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) has been developed by using Sliding Mode Control. A patented system is used to measure the forces and moments acting on each tyre. Simulation results indicate that the implementation of the proposed algorithm is not only capable of reducing the stopping distance in a hard-braking maneuver by 10 % in average, but also of improving steerability and controllability of the vehicle in different driving conditions.