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Chapter 2 _ Traction control system

The Traction Control System (TCS) enhances vehicle safety by preventing wheel spin during critical driving situations, particularly on slippery surfaces or during acceleration. It achieves this by regulating drive torque through various engine interventions and braking systems. The TCS includes components like the drive axle speed controller and transversal differential lock controller to manage torque distribution effectively.

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Chapter 2 _ Traction control system

The Traction Control System (TCS) enhances vehicle safety by preventing wheel spin during critical driving situations, particularly on slippery surfaces or during acceleration. It achieves this by regulating drive torque through various engine interventions and braking systems. The TCS includes components like the drive axle speed controller and transversal differential lock controller to manage torque distribution effectively.

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Traction Control System

Le Thanh Phuc
Faculty of Automotive Engineering
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education
Email: [email protected]
Introduction
• Critical driving situations can occur not only while braking, but also
whenever strong longitudinal forces should be transferred at the
contact area between the tire and the ground.
• Critical situations can also occur when starting off and accelerating,
particularly on a slippery road surface, on hills, and when cornering.
• The traction control system (TCS) solves these problems, providing
the vehicle remains within the physical limits.
• The traction control system (TCS) prevents the wheels from spinning
by reducing the drive torque at each driven wheel.

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TCS interventions
• In gasoline-engine vehicles, the drive torque can be controlled using
the following engine interventions:
 Throttle valve (throttle valve adjustment),
 Ignition system (ignition-timing advance),
 Fuel-injection system (phasing out individual injection pulses).

• In diesel-engine vehicles, the drive torque is influenced by the


electronic diesel control system (EDC) (reduction of the
quantity of fuel injected).
• The braking torque can be regulated for each wheel via the braking
system.

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TCS interventions

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Structure of traction control system (TCS)

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Structure of traction control system (TCS)
• Drive axle speed controller: The drive axle speed or the drive torque
can be influenced by means of engine interventions.
• Transversal differential lock controller: Asymmetric brake
application (brake application at just one driven wheel) is used
primarily to regulate the differential speed at the driven axle.
• The differential speed controller is also referred to as the
transversal differential lock controller because it can be used to
influence to a certain extent the distribution ratio of the transversal
differential, i. e. to mimic the effect of a differential lock.

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Typical control situations
• Split: Transversal differential lock controller

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Typical control situations
• Low: Drive axle speed controller
If both driven wheels are on a slippery road surface with a low
coefficient of friction (e.g. the vehicle is standing on ice) when the
vehicle pulls away, the drive axle speed controller of the TCS
becomes active.
The drive axle speed controller reacts by reducing the drive torque
to a level below the torque specified by the driver and by initiating
brief, symmetric brake application.

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Traction control system (TCS) for four wheel drive
vehicles

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