EVE — INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING OF GROUND VEHICLES WITH INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS

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INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING OF GROUND VEHICLES WITH INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS

Development of information technologies and mechatronic systems as well as an increased demand on environment-acceptable and safe intelligent technologies has a profound impact on ground vehicle engineering in general. This impact results in both an increasing degree of automation of systems employed in ground vehicles and emerging new concepts like integrated chassis control (ICC). The integrated active chassis systems perform the control on the vehicle motion to enhance safety, eco-friendliness, performance, comfort etc. Application areas of ICC relate not only to the traditional transportation sector of passenger cars and commercial vehicles but also to the agricultural, mining, construction and forestry machinery. In spite of existing engineering solutions for integrated chassis control, relevant examples are mainly subjected to the concept, high price segment or electric vehicles. In addition, wide intersectoral networking with an international dimension is missing here and this can be considered as a tangible barrier for rapid development and market implementation of integrated active chassis systems. Thus, there is a strong demand for the consolidated research and innovation actions for ICC technologies and the project EVE is contributed with novel engineering to address this problem. The EVE project activities are concentrated around integration of active brake, suspension and tyre pressure control systems as one of promising solutions for simultaneous improvement of safety and driving comfort of ground vehicles. This complex task is being solved in the project through a set of research, innovation and technological objectives covering development of (i) advanced vehicle models for real-time control applications, (ii) designing of integrated chassis controller, and (iii) conceptual development and practical realization of remote distributed test technology allowing cooperative experiments on stationary and mobile test rigs. The research and innovation activities of the EVE project are realized by way of the professional development of the participating staff through intersectoral and international collaboration and secondments to unique research environments exploring cutting-edge knowledge and technologies in ground vehicle and control systems engineering.

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Project objective

Innovation technologies in ground vehicle engineering require strong interdisciplinary and intersectoral investigations with an international dimension. In this context the project EVE proposes sustainable approach based on intensive staff exchange that leads to collaborative research and training between universities and industrial organizations from Germany, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, South Africa, and the USA. The project includes basic and applied research, development design, experimentations, networking, and dissemination and exploitation activities. The research objectives are focused on the development of (i) experimental tyre database that can be used in the design of new chassis control systems and subjected to inclusion into Horizon 2020 pilot on Open Research Data, (ii) advanced models of ground vehicles and automotive subsystems for real-time applications, and (iii) novel integrated chassis control methods. It will lead to development and improvement of innovative vehicle components such as (i) an integrated chassis controller targeting simultaneous improvements in safety, energy efficiency and driving comfort, (ii) new hardware subsystems for brakes, active suspension and tyre pressure control for on-road and off-road mobility, and (iii) remote network-distributed vehicle testing technology for integrated chassis systems. The project targets will be achieved with intensive networking measures covering (i) knowledge transfer and experience sharing between participants from academic and non-academic sectors and (ii) professional advancement of the consortium members through intersectoral and international collaboration and secondments. The project EVE is fully consistent with the targets of H2020-MSCA-RISE programme and will provide excellent opportunities for personal career development of staff and will lead to creation of a strong European and international research group to create new hi-tech ground vehicle systems.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET ILMENAU · IlmenauCoordinatorGermany
AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · GOTEBORGSweden
ARMAMENTS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA · PRETORIASouth Africa
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB · GoteborgSweden
DSPACE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CONTROL ENGINEERING GMBH · PaderbornGermany
ESTEQ ENGINEERING (PTY) LTD · PRETORIASouth Africa
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON · ZaragozaSpain
SKF BV · HoutenNetherlands
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · DelftNetherlands
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE BVBA · Sint TruidenBelgium
UNIVERSITE DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIEGNE · COMPIEGNE CEDEXFrance
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA · PretoriaSouth Africa
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY · GuildfordUnited Kingdom
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY · Blacksburg VaUnited States

EVE · INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING OF GROUND VEHICLES WITH INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS

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INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING OF GROUND VEHICLES WITH INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHASSIS SYSTEMS

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