Control strategies for improving ground vehicle stability: State-of-the-art review

Vehicle stability control system has evolved significantly over the past three decades. Several control strategies have been implemented to enhance the vehicle stability control performance. However, most of these control strategies have not been focused on improving the transient response for vehicle yaw rate and sideslip angle tracking controller in the presence of uncertainties and disturbance. This paper is aimed at reviewing the proposed control algorithms based on their control objectives, different types of actuators required for the vehicle stability control system, advantages and disadvantages. According to this review, we derive that the advanced type of sliding mode control with non-singular fast terminal sliding surface has an ideal capacity to provide a fast transient response of yaw rate and sideslip tracking controllers under the presence of disturbances.