• DocumentCode
    2031262
  • Title

    Racing with the Sun: the optimal use of the solar power automobile

  • Author

    Daniel, M.W. ; Kumar, P.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    10-12 Dec 1997
  • Firstpage
    571
  • Abstract
    In the summer of 1997, the University of Illinois competed in Sunrayce ´97, a ten-day race of solar powered vehicles across the midwestern United States. This paper provides the race strategy results obtained by optimal deterministic and stochastic control techniques
  • Keywords
    acceleration control; electric vehicles; maximum principle; project engineering; solar power; stochastic systems; Pontryagin maximum principle; University of Illinois; acceleration control; drive chain; dynamics; optimal deterministic control; solar powered automobile; stochastic control; Acceleration; Aerodynamics; Automobiles; Batteries; Contracts; Leg; Roads; Solar energy; Solar powered vehicles; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 1997., Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    0191-2216
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4187-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.1997.650691
  • Filename
    650691
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2031262