SYLLABUS (Tentative 8/11/10)

Dates,Time, and Place:

Tue & Thu, 9:00 – 10:30 am, Room 151 Chrysler Center

Instructors:

A. Galip Ulsoy, Professor of ME Office Hours:

Office: Room 2150 G. G. Brown Bldg. Tue 10:45 am - noon

Office Tel: 734-936-0407 Wed 3 – 4:30 pm

E-mail: ulsoy@umich.edu or by appointment

Textbook:

There is no textbook. Course notes and recommended readings will be available through the CTOOLS web page for ME568 for Fall 2010. (see http://ctools.umich.edu ).

On reserve for ME568 at the engineering library are several books: (1) Gillespie, T., 1992, Fundamentals of Vehicle Dynamics, Society of Automotive Engineers, (2) Wong, J.Y., 1993, Theory of Ground Vehicles, 2nd edition, Wiley, New York., (3) Kiencke, U. and L. Nielsen, 2000, Automotive Control Systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000, (4) Rajamani, R., Vehicle Dynamics and Control, Springer, 2006., and (5) Bosch, Automotive Handbook, latest edition.

Background:

Students must have background in dynamics, automatic control, and automotive engineering (all at the introductory undergraduate level). An introductory course in Automatic Control, such as ME461 or equivalent, is an essential prerequisite.

Familiarity with Matlab/Simulink is required, as these are used extensively in the class notes and homework. An excellent on-line tutorial is available at http://www.engin.umich.edu/class/ctms/ (or for those not on the UM network, please see http://www.engin.umich.edu/group/ctm/).

Objectives:

An overview of vehicle control systems. e.g. cruise control, engine and transmission control, anti-lock brakes, traction control and active suspensions, human factors and the role of the driver in the control loops.

Advanced vehicle control systems for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) will also be covered, including collision detection and avoidance, lateral and longitudinal control and platooning.

Students will be introduced to the basic concepts and terminology, the state-of-the-art, and basic methodologies. They will, upon completion of the course, be able to read the literature on this subject, and to do independent design, research and development.

Grading: Five Homework Sets 50%

Final exam 50%

Homework:

Due dates for the five homework sets are given in the course outline. Homework must be turned in no later than the start of class on Thursdays on these due dates. Assignments are handed out at least two weeks in advance. Homework solutions are provided, so late homework is not accepted.

Final Exam:

A take-home final exam is handed out the last day of class (i.e., Thursday 12/9) and is due no later than Monday 12/20 at 5pm.

Professional Objectives and Honor Code:

· All course assignments (i.e., homework, final exam) will be graded based upon professionalism of presentation, as well as correctness and completeness.

· No late submissions will be accepted; all assignments must be turned in at or before the due date/time. Homework solutions will be posted on CTOOLS after class on the due date.

· All assignments must be carried out according to the College of Engineering honor code (see http://www.engin.umich.edu/students/honorcode/code/ ) and represent work that is the result of your own efforts. Students are encouraged to discuss homework, but all homework turned in should be your own work.  The take home final should not be discussed with other students, and must reflect your own individual thinking and work.

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE (8/11/10)

Session No	DATE	TOPICS	READING	DUE DATES
1	Tu 9/7	Introduction to course and motivation	Ch. 0 & 1
2	Th 9/9	Background on modeling and control	App. A
3	Tu 9/14	Guest Lecture by Prof. N. Kikuchi
4	Th 9/16	Design process	Ch. 2
5	Tu 9/21	Engine modeling	Ch. 3
6	Th 9/23	Vehicle dynamics - longitudinal	Ch. 4
7	Tu 9/28	Vehicle dynamics – lateral	Ch. 4 & App. B
8	Th 9/30	Vehicle dynamics – vertical and ride	Ch. 4	HW #1
9	Tu 10/5	Human factors	Ch. 5
10	Th 10/7	Driver modeling	Ch. 5
11	Tu 10/12	Powertrain control – A/F ratio & spark	Ch. 6 & 7
12	Th 10/14	Powertrain control – idle speed & transmissions	Ch. 8 & 9	HW #2
13	Tu 10/19	FALL STUDY DAY – NO CLASS
14	Th 10/21	Powertrain control - Hybrid electric vehicles	Ch. 10
15	Tu 10/26	Powertrain control - Fuel cell vehicles	Ch. 11
16	Th 10/28	Vehicle control – cruise control	Ch. 12	HW #3
17	Tu 11/2	Vehicle control – headway control	Ch. 12
18	Th 11/4	Vehicle control – ABS	Ch. 13
19	Tu 11/9	Vehicle control – traction control	Ch. 13
20	Th 11/11	Vehicle control – vehicle stability	Ch. 14
21	Tu 11/16	Vehicle control – 4WS	Ch. 15
22	Th 11/18	Vehicle control – active suspension	Ch. 16	HW#4
23	Tu 11/23	Vehicle controls – active suspension	Ch. 16
24	Th 11/25	THANKSGIVING RECESS
25	Tu 11/30	ITS - overview	Ch. 17
26	Th 12/2	ITS – active safety	Ch. 18
27	Tu 12/7	ITS – AHS and platooning	Ch. 19
28	Th 12/9	ITS – Automated steering	Ch. 20	HW#5
	Mon 12/20	Take home final exam due by 5pm		FINAL EXAM