A Study of Novel Hybrid Antilock Braking System Employing Magnetorheological Brake

A novel hybrid antilock braking system (ABS) with the combination of auxiliary brake and a multipole magnetorheological (MR) brake was proposed in this paper. The MR brake with innovative operation concept can replace existed hydraulic brake system or works as an auxiliary brake. Two simulation models of the MR brakes, inner rotor and outer rotor structures, have been built. The outer rotor design was chosen due to its better braking performance and suitable mechanism for using on motorcycle. After that, motorcycle simulation software was employed to validate the hybrid ABS system under appropriated working condition. Two controllers, the ordinary and self-organizing fuzzy logic controllers (FLC and SOFLC), were evaluated on ABS performance to pick the suitable one. Simulation results confirm the more adaptations to different road conditions of the SOFLC with 18% higher brake performance compared to ones of ordinary FLC. Brake performance can increase 12% more with the combination of SOFLC and road condition estimator (RCE). It is concluded that this hybrid ABS is feasible for actual application by effectively improving the brake performance for ensuring driving stability.