Programmes

The conference will cover all aspects of advanced control in vehicles, from blue-sky research to production vehicle development. Particular emphasis is given to :

Final Programme of Technical Sessions

see the Full List of Accepted Papers, by Subject

 

Keynote Speeches

Control Innovation in Motorsport : Damian Harty, Prodrive (UK)
Automatic control plays an increasingly important role in conventional vehicle design and can offer significant performance benefits in motorsport, where the regulations allow. Here we explore the value of active control over well designed passive systems and skilled operators using recent case studies on rally and circuit vehicles and comparing to both current production and state of the art, exemplified by the Stanford University/VW 'Pike's Peak' Audi TT. Application examples include traction control, active differentials, active steer and brake-based yaw control.

Active Safety : Erik Coelingh, Volvo (Sweden)
The importance of Active Safety in avoiding and mitigating real-world traffic accidents is still increasing. This year Volvo launches Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake and Pedestrian Detection as a unique active safety technology that helps the driver to avoid accidents with pedestrians. The system can automatically avoid pedestrian accidents in velocities up to 35 km/h. This presentation will explain how the system works and provides an outlook on how these types of systems can be further developed to address other accident types as well.

Driving Simulator : Wilfried Kaeding & Eberhard Zeeb, Daimler (Germany)
Since 1985 the Daimler driving simulator has been used for vehicle research and development in the fields of active safety, HMI and vehicle dynamics. Several examples out of the large variety of simulator experiments are discussed in this paper as well as some operating experience with the simulator use. Furthermore prospects on how Daimler will renew and enhance its simulation skills in the near future are given.

Electric Vehicles : Satoshi Murata, Toyota (Japan)
The In-Wheel-Motor (IWM) will be the most important key technology in the near future that electric vehicles (including Fuel Cell Vehicles) use. In the past 100 years of internal-combustion-engine vehicles, several kinds of package have existed, i.e. FF,FR,MR,RR. There has been no conclusive answer of package. The combination of electric drive and IWM enables good vehicle dynamics and roomy interior to be compatible. In addition, the responsiveness of IWM raises the performance of dynamic control more than ever.

Combustion Engine Control : Keith Glover, Cambridge University (UK)

The ever improving behaviour of internal combustion engines in terms of fuel economy, emissions and performance has resulted from technological advances in virtually all the individual powertrain components. In parallel, engine management systems have become increasingly complex. This development has been driven both by meeting the new requirements of the underlying physical hardware and by pure advances in the software/control algorithms. The result of this process is that engine management systems have an ever expanding range of (often conflicting) requirements that are typically met via extensive calibration and testing programmes. Inevitably, the low level control tasks therefore range from the relatively routine, whose performance has little impact on the overall system, to tasks with stringent requirements and legal consequences in the event of their failure. Coping with such high levels of overall system complexity, including the large number of special cases that need to be identified and accommodated, is now a major challenge for the industry.

Programme :

 

Morning

 

Afternoon

Evening

Sunday

 

 

 

Registration

Reception

Monday

Opening ceremony, Keynote speech

Sessions

 

Sessions

Country Pubs
Tour

Tuesday

Keynote speech

Sessions

 

Sessions

(ISC members meeting)

Wednesday

Technical visits

Gala Dinner

Thursday

Keynote speech

Sessions

 

Sessions, Closing ceremony

 

Friday

Post-symposium tour

 

 

Technical visits

All delegates will have the opportunity to visit the MIRA Automotive Design and Engineering Centre, along with its proving ground, about 30 miles south of Loughborough. This will be the main focus of the technical visits day; it will include a tour of the MIRA facilites and their research, and will focus on live demonstrations of many of the control technologies presented at AVEC10. For some of these it may be possible for a few delegates to be driven, or drive the test vehicles at the proving ground.

Additionally delegates will have options to attend either a guided tour of the Grand Prix Museum at Donington Park (which houses an impressive array of F1 cars and memorabilia) or take a tour of the research facilities at Loughborough University.

The Donington Grand Prix Collection , based at the Donington Park motor racing circuit in Leicestershire, comprises the world's largest collection of Grand Prix cars, with over 150 cars dating back to 1900. The collection contains examples of many forms of open-wheel, single-seater racing car, but is primarily focused on Grand Prix and Formula One machinery. The museum was formed by the late Tom Wheatcroft in March 1973 and is based on Wheatcroft's personal collection of vehicles. Specific attractions include the world's only complete collection of Vanwall cars, a near-complete collection of McLaren Formula One cars from the team's inception to the early 2000s, and extensive collections of Williams and BRM cars (including the notorious BRM V16-powered machine as well as the H16-powered BRM P83).

Loughborough University has an excellent international reputation for research, and is best known for its work in Engineering (Loughborough has the largest Engineering faculty in the UK) and in Sport, Sports science and technology (the University will play host to both the Japanese and the UK Olympic teams in their preparations for the London Olympics 2012). The Loughborough tour will give a flavour of our research, combining visits to the Sports Technology Centre, Dept of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, and Intelligent Energy, a company with a strong connection to the University which specialises in fuel cell technologies and applications.

Post-symposium tour (details)

This will take the form of a coach trip from Loughborough to London, via places of interest, such as Warwick Castle and Stratford upon Avon . Delegates travelling into London Heathrow airport will be able to purchase a one-way train ticket to the conference and then use this as a ‘slow return' journey to connect with flights on Saturday or Sunday.

Evening entertainments

In addition to the traditional reception and gala dinner events, a hop on / hop off coach tour of local country pubs will be provided one evening (hopefully assisted by warm summer weather !)

Partners programme (details)