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- From: mart@csri.toronto.edu (Mart Molle)
- Subject: Re: More on anti-lock brakes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.215137.15576@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <ILH.92Nov18154234@winnie-the-pooh.lcs.mit.edu> <93669@rphroy.ph.gmr.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 02:51:37 GMT
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- > ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington) writes:
-
- >|>Maybe 3 and 4 circuit ABS systems are not necessarily better. Let's
- >|>say your front right tire starts slipping and ABS [pulses] the brake
- >|>on it. If ONLY that brake is [pulsed], wouldn't your car want to pull
- >|>to left?
-
- rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Bob Haar) writes:
-
- >[Yes, but with ABS] you still get some braking effect. But if that
- >wheel had been allowed to lock up completely (i.e. 100% slip),
- >you get almost no braking effect. So in the one-wheel-on-ice
- >situation, that one wheel actually gets more braking with ABS
- >active than it would without ABS (assuming enough brake force
- >to lock up the wheel).
-
- >Second, the main goal of ABS is to maintain control. When a wheel
- >comes under active ABS control, there is some portion of the
- >available traction that is preserved for steering and cornering
- >forces. Thus, even if you have uneven braking forces, you are
- >beter able to compensate for it.
-
- This brings up an interesting question about how ABS works when two
- wheels share the same control channel, for example a rear-only truck
- or van, or the rear wheels of a 4 wheel 3 channel system.
-
- In particular, what happens when you try a hard stop on a "split mu"
- surface (e.g., one wheel on dry pavement and the other on ice)? Does
- ABS control kick in when the wheel with HIGH or LOW traction starts
- to lock up? My guess is that they're trying for maximum braking with
- at least one wheel still rolling. Does anybody know for sure?
-
- Mart L. Molle
- Computer Systems Research Institute
- University of Toronto
- Toronto, Canada M5S 1A4
- (416)978-4928
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