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Optimum control of bobsled steering

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Minimum-time and smooth-steering control algorithms are developed for bobsled optimal control. Numerical solutions are obtained both for one-curve optimal control and whole-course piecewise optimal control with application to realistic three-dimensional track surface shapes. Specific results are calculated for the Lillehammer Olympic Track.

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  1. Y. L. Zhang (Professor)

    Present address: Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanics and Astronautics, Changsha Institute of Technology, Changsha, Human, China

    Y. L. Zhang (Professor)

  2. Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California

    M. Hubbard (Professor) & R. K. Huffman (Research Assistant)

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Zhang, Y.L., Hubbard, M. & Huffman, R.K. Optimum control of bobsled steering. J Optim Theory Appl 85, 1–19 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192297

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