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For the vehicle stability control system, which improves vehicle yaw stability for limit driving condition, accurate vehicle sideslip angle detection is one of key issues to confirm the system performance. In this paper, an estimation method of vehicle sideslip angle is described. It is necessary that the vehicle sideslip angle estimation must be robust against road surface condition change, road bank, sensor error, brake force effect, driver's operation and so on. We have developed the sideslip angle estimation method for compensating the driving condition changes which disturb the sideslip estimation. The vehicle sideslip angle estimation using a combination of vehicle model observer and pseudo integral is proposed. The vehicle model observer includes tire non-linear characteristics for fitting actual tire characteristics. Moreover, road-tire friction, road bank and vehicle spinout judgments are developed for increasing the estimation accuracy.

In this paper, we discuss vehicle directional stability and introduce advanced stability control (ASTC) to stabilize the vehicle during severe cornering. Vehicle behavior in a transient steering condition during severe cornering was analyzed by computer simulation. It was found that applying an external yaw moment makes the vehicle more stable. The effect of controlling the brake force response is also evaluated by simulation to determine the brake actuator response criteria. The actual vehicle test was performed with a pylon slalom using a hydraulic brake actuator. It is verified that the ASTC stabilizes the vehicle for transient steering maneuvers.