Date of Award
2025
Document Type
Open Access Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MS)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Advisor 1
Darrell Robinette
Committee Member 1
Gordon Parker
Committee Member 2
Jung Yun Bae
Committee Member 3
Cecile Piret
Abstract
A foremost concept in the automotive industry in recent years has been that of a vehicle “digital twin”. A digital twin is an accurate simulation of a dynamic system for the use of rapid development. These digital twins have a critical advantage over physical testing, which have dominated vehicle development up to now. As the cost of physical testing continues to rise, simulation can deliver rapid system development in a low-cost format. No simulation environment is a perfect representation of reality, however, and physical testing is still necessary to validate systems for use in the real world. This is especially true when testing advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), as these systems are relied upon for passenger safety. As a result, having a simulation environment working in conjunction with a test vehicle can deliver the best of both worlds. In future work, our focus will be creating an ADAS control system which restabilizes a vehicle after a collision using torque vectoring. For optimal development of this system, a simulation environment and physical test vehicle must be constructed. In this work, a 1/5 scale radio controlled vehicle with torque vectoring capability is designed and assembled. A vehicle model is also constructed in the Matlab/Simulink environment, and validated against the behavior of the test vehicle.
Recommended Citation
Petersen, Nicholas, "DEVELOPMENT AND VERIFICATION OF TESTING PLATFORM FOR TORQUE VECTORING CONTROLLER", Open Access Master's Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2025.