Research > Automotive Applications

Publications

  1. M. Akar, A. D. Dere, "A Switching Rollover Controller Coupled with Closed-Loop Adaptive Vehicle Parameter Identification," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1579-1585, Aug. 2014.
  2. M. Akar, A. D. Dere, "Adaptive Vehicle Parameter dentification in Speed Varying Situations," The 14th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2011), Washington, DC, USA, October 2011.
  3. "Method for Determining the Center of Gravity for an Automotive Vehicle", Irish patent, March 3, 2006; PCT, February 2007 (co-inventors: M. Akar, S. Solmaz, and R. Shorten).
  4. M. Akar and J. Kalkkuhl, “Design and evaluation of an integrated chassis controller for automotive vehicle emulation,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 3571-3579, 2009.
  5. S. Solmaz, M. Akar, R. Shorten and J. Kalkkuhl, "Real-time multiple model estimation of center of gravity position in automotive vehicles,” Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 763-788, September 2008.
  6. M. Akar and J. Kalkkuhl, "Lateral Dynamics Emulation via a 4-Wheel Steering Vehicle," Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 803-829, September 2008.
  7. S. Solmaz, M. Akar and R. Shorten, "Adaptive Rollover Prevention for Automotive Vehicles with Differential Braking," Proc. of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul Korea, July 2008.
  8. M. Akar and J. Kalkkuhl, "An integrated chassis controller for automotive vehicle emulation", Proc. of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul Korea, July 2008.
  9. M. Akar and J. Kalkkuhl, "A sliding mode theory based chassis controller for vehicle emulation", Proc. of the 10th Int. Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, Antalya, Turkey, June 2008.
  10. S. Solmaz, M. Akar and R. Shorten, "Center of Gravity Estimation and Rollover Prevention Using Multiple Models and Controllers " Proc. of the 14th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, New Haven, CT, USA, June 2008.
  11. C. Villegas, M. Akar, R. Shorten and J. Kalkkuhl, "A robust PI controller for emulating lateral dynamics of vehicles", Proc. of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Istanbul, June 2007.
  12. M. Akar, J. Kalkkuhl and A. Suissa, "Vertical Dynamics Emulation Using a Vehicle Equipped with Active Suspension", Proc. of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Istanbul, June 2007.
  13. S. Solmaz, M. Akar and R. Shorten, "Online center of gravity estimation in automotive vehicles using multiple models and switching" Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2006), Singapore, December 2006.
  14. M. Akar, "Yaw rate and sideslip tracking for 4-wheel steering cars using sliding mode control", Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, October 2006, Munich, Germany.