Vehicle dynamics
A major part of my work concerns vehicle dynamics, covering: tire modelling, design of longitudinal and lateral dynamics models, design of control systems by MATLAB / Simulink, and multi-body simulation.
Preliminary design of a breaking system
Vehicle longitudinal dynamics with gradability and transmission ratios design
Control Systems
An overview of different vehicle speed estimation strategies
An overview of different vehicle vibration control strategies
Design of an Adaptive Cruise Control and a Lane Keeping Assist systems for a road production vehicle
Servo control, code simulation and robustness
On the design of a Torque Vectoring control system for a Formula Student vehicle
Multi-body Simulation
Kinematic analysis of a front suspension
Modeling and simulation of a volvo S90 by a bycicle model and by Adams Car
Energy management and propulsion systems
The design of energy management solutions requires a solid knowledge of combustion and electric propulsion systems. The setup of optimization problems setup has been crucial for the development of efficient control systems.
Mechanical design and validation
The mechanical design of the different assemblies in this section has been undertaken by means of the CAD software NX. Instead, the mechanical response analysis has been carried out both by the Altair HyperMesh software and by the Hexagon Digimat-FE software (for the multiscale modelling).
Aerodynamics
A project involving the usage of the CFD software Siemens STAR-CCM+ is present in this section. The goal was to practice the theoretical knowledge acquired about aerodynamics.