Vehicle Modeling and Control

Dear colleagues,

As the demands of people on the move are increasingly enhanced, the requirements on vehicle quality are also increasing. The study of vehicle modeling and control has long been an important key to achieving this goal. While the study of vehicle modeling has been carried out from the moment cars were put into service, in order to get ever-better cars, this field has never reached its limit. As the mechatronics and advanced control methods develop, vehicle control applications in general and automobiles in particular have brought about great effects in improving quality as well as creating safer and more comfortable cars. For such objectives, several actuators can be embedded on board for subsystems as braking, steering, suspension, engine, clutch, differential, powertrain, etc.  Aiming at spreading the latest research in the field widely, we are pleased to announce a Special Issue on "Vehicle Modeling and Control". This Special Issue will bring together original and high-quality articles through an international standard peer-review process with the following main topics (not an exhaustive list):

-  Vehicle/systems modeling and identification.

- Dynamics of commercial vehicles (light vehicles, cars, buses, trucks, and heavy vehicles) and unconventional vehicles.

- Dynamics of vehicle systems and their components including steering, braking, suspension, chassis systems, power train, noise-vibration-harshness.

- Active/semi-active safety systems including ride comfort, road holding, handling, roll stability, collision and warning devices.

- Electric vehicles, intelligent vehicles, autonomous vehicles related to vehicle dynamics.

- Control and automation systems on automobiles including optimal, adaptive, robust, linear parameter varying, model predictive control (MPC), and sliding mode control.

- Fault detection and isolation, fault-tolerant control, and observer design.

We look forward to your valuable contributions.

Prof. Dr. Olivier Sename
Dr. Van Tan Vu
Dr. Thanh-Phong Pham
Guest Editors

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