IIT Madras researchers develop strategies to improve braking performance of electric and hybrid vehicles

 IIT Madras researchers develop strategies to improve braking performance of electric and hybrid vehicles

IIT Madras is building strategies to focus on improving stopping distance, ride comfort for passengers in heavy road vehicles along with meeting desired brake demand, paving the way for smooth ride comfort

Indian Institute of Technology Madras Researchers develop strategies to improve the braking performance of electrified vehicles (Electric and Hybrid vehicles). This research could help implement a braking system in Electrified Vehicles, which can improve the stopping distance and ride comfort in the presence of regenerative braking.

Although such strategies have been developed for lighter road vehicles, there is a lack of strategies through which the braking performance of heavy commercial road vehicles (such as buses and trucks) can be improved through ‘regenerative braking.’

The research was led by Prof. C. S. Shankar Ram, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, and his PhD student Dr. V. S. Kesavan who explored various strategies to study and incorporate the effect of different dynamic characteristics of ‘friction brake’ and ‘regenerative brake’ on the vehicle’s braking performance. The results of their study have been published in the reputed peer-reviewed Journal Vehicle System Dynamics.

Highlighting the need for research in these areas, Prof. C.S. Shankar Ram, Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, said, “Given the increasing adoption of electrified heavy road vehicles, it is imperative to study their dynamic response during on-road operation. Brakes are used to ensure safe operation of vehicles, and this research focuses on the braking of electrified heavy road vehicles.”

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Reference : indiatoday.com