Launch control method for vehicle with dry-type clutch

A launch control system, comprising:

• a vehicle with a dry-type clutch;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• determine a target engine speed corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle when vehicle launch is started by operation of the accelerator pedal,
• calculate a feedforward component which is part of the torque to control the clutch using a rate of change over time of the target engine speed and a current engine torque,
• calculate a feedback component which is part of the torque to control the clutch based on a difference between the target engine speed and the current engine speed,
• calculate a compensation torque using a current engine torque and an estimated clutch torque which is estimated to be currently transferred by the clutch, and
• control a clutch actuator to drive the clutch with a sum of the feedforward component, the feedback component, and the compensation torque.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing a launch control method for a vehicle with a dry-type clutch, the computer readable medium comprising:

• program instructions that determine a target engine speed corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle when vehicle launch is started by operation of the accelerator pedal;
• program instructions that calculate a feedforward component which is part of the torque to control the clutch using a rate of change over time of the target engine speed and a current engine torque;
• program instructions that calculate a feedback component which is part of the torque to control the clutch based on a difference between the target engine speed and the current engine speed;
• program instructions that calculate a compensation torque using a current engine torque and an estimated clutch torque which is estimated to be currently transferred by the clutch;
• and
• program instructions that control a clutch actuator to drive the clutch with a sum of the feedforward component, the feedback component, and the compensation torque.