Controller design for vehicle stability enhancement

A Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) system is developed for tracking desired vehicle behavior. The cascade structure of control system consists of yaw moment major controller and wheel slip minor controller. The Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) theory is exploited for yaw moment controller and the sliding mode theory is applied for wheel slip controller design. The use of yaw moment control was investigated by regulating the wheel slip ratio for improving handling and stability of vehicle. The performance of the control system is evaluated under various emergency maneuvers and road conditions through pure computer simulations and Hardware In-the-Loop Simulation (HILS) system. The results indicate the proposed system can significantly improve vehicle stability for active safety.     

舵桨联合操纵水下机器人运动控制研究

水下机器人空间运动具有耦合性和非线性等特点,具有良好品质的运动控制器是水下机器人完成各种作业的前提.针对某舵桨联合操纵小型自主式水下机器人运动控制问题进行了研究.对速度,深度和艏向控制系统进行了介绍,根据控制需求,建立了水下机器人动力学模型,对执行机构进行了描述,设计了水下机器人滑模控制方案,采用变速趋近项代替一般指数...     

Integrated stability control of AFS and DYC for electric vehicle based on non-smooth control

A controller which ensures the driving stability of a four-wheel-independent-drive electric vehicle (4WID-EV) is designed in this paper. The controller is structurally hierarchically designed. In order to keep the 4WID-EV running steadily, an upper-level controller integrating the active front-wheel steering control method (AFS) and direct yaw moment control method (DYC) is designed to keep the sideslip angle and yaw rate tracking the ideal values. A non-smooth control method is used to improve the closed-loop system's convergence and anti-disturbance performance. The additional yaw moment generated by the upper-level controller is distributed to four driving wheels by the lower-level controller. An optimal control algorithm is used in the lower-level controller to achieve the minimum sum of tire utilisation, and ensure the power performance and driving stability of the 4WID-EV. In order to verify the effectiveness of the designed controller, a simulation model of the stability control system is established based on Carsim-Matlab/Simulink. And the simulation is performed under double lane change road considering the disturbances. The results of the simulation show that the 4WID-EV with the designed controller achieves smaller sideslip angle than sliding-mode control and the actuator chatter is slight. Then the stability and safety of the 4WID-EV are greatly improved.     

Hierarchical control for cornering stability of dual-motor RWD vehicles with electronic differential system using PSO optimized SOSMC method

This paper proposes a novel control scheme with a three-layer hierarchical structure to improve the cornering stability of the dual-motor rear-wheel drive (RWD) vehicles with the electronic differential system (EDS). The proposed hierarchical structure for the control system includes the observing layer, control layer, and actuation layer. In the observing layer, the driver model is designed to obtain the nominal steering angle, and the state observer is designed to obtain the yaw angle which cannot be easily measured. Then, particle swarm optimization (PSO) and second order sliding mode control (SOSMC) are employed in the control layer. The SOSMC part is used to design the control law to eliminate the chattering problem in the sliding mode algorithm, and the PSO part is used to obtain the optimal weights in the sliding mode surface to meet the minimum sideslip angle error and yaw rate error. The actuation layer allocates the corrected yaw moment by distributing the driving force to each independent driving wheel. Finally, the numerical tests are carried out under the double line change (DLC) maneuver. The results show that the proposed control system can effectively improve the cornering stability of the dual-motor RWD vehicles and reduce their motor power consumption.     

An intelligent approach to the lateral forces usage in controlling the vehicle yaw rate

A direct yaw moment control system (DYC) is designed to improve the handling and stability of a four‐wheel‐drive electric vehicle. The main task of this paper is to use the lateral forces in the process of optimally controlling vehicle stability. This is performed by defining a variable optimum region for the slip ratio of each wheel. A hierarchical structure is selected to design the control system. The higher‐level control system controls the yaw rate of the vehicle based on the fuzzy logic technique. The lower‐level control system, installed in each wheel, maintains the slip ratio of the same wheel within an optimum region using the fuzzy logic technique. This optimum region for each wheel is continuously modified based on the impact of the lateral force on the generated control yaw moment and the friction coefficient of the road. Therefore, an algorithm for estimation of the friction coefficient is proposed. Computer simulations are carried out to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed method. This is accomplished by comparison of the results of control methods with a fixed slip ratio region and the results of the proposed method with a variable slip ratio region in some maneuvers. The robustness of the proposed controller against hard braking and noise contamination, as well as the effect of steering wheel angle amplitude, is verified. The simulation results show that the influence of the proposed method on enhancing vehicle performance is significant. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

考虑车轮纵向滑动的无人自行车平衡控制实现

针对无人自行车在出现车轮纵向滑动下的平衡控制问题,提出一种将自行车车轮纵向滑动引入控制器的方法来实现在一定程度车轮纵向滑动下的无人自行车平衡运动控制。首先引入一种自行车线性变参数(linear parameter-varying, LPV)动力学模型,其次将卡尔曼滤波算法估算的自行车质心线速度作为变参数带入LPV模型中,最后根据引入了车轮滑动因素的LPV模型设计降阶滑模控制器以消除车轮纵向滑动对无人自行车平衡运动的影响。仿真结果表明：当车轮发生小于70%的纵向滑动,降阶滑模控制器能够有效校正自行车的横滚角。样机实验结果进一步证明：降阶滑模控制器能够控制无人自行车分别在车轮纵向滑动较小的水泥地(约8%纵向滑动的)和滑动较大的湿滑草地上(约40%纵向滑动)进行平衡运动。     

防抱制动系统滑模状态观测和控制系统仿真

该文在考虑不平路面随机激励作用下车辆垂向振动的基础上 ,首先建立了四分之一车辆制动模型 ,而后充分运用滑移模式变结构的分析和设计方法 ,提出了车轮最佳滑移率的滑模实时在线辨识滑模优化算法 ,在对系统可观测性论证的基础上 ,设计了非线性滑模状态观测器 ,给出了单通道防抱制动系统基于滑移率的滑模控制算法 ,通过计算机仿真 ,验证了该控制算法的可行性和有效性 ,为设计具有高鲁棒性的防抱制动系统做了一定的理论探索和仿真工作     

Integrated vehicle dynamics management for distributed‐drive electric vehicles with active front steering using adaptive neural approaches against unknown nonlinearity

This paper proposes a new integrated vehicle dynamics management for enhancing the yaw stability and wheel slip regulation of the distributed‐drive electric vehicle with active front steering. To cope with the unknown nonlinear tire dynamics with uncertain disturbances in integrated control problem of vehicle dynamics, a neuro‐adaptive predictive control is therefore proposed for multiobjective coordination of constrained systems with unknown nonlinearity. Unknown nonlinearity with unmodeled dynamics is modeled using a random projection neural network via adaptive machine learning, where a new adaptation law is designed in premise of Lyapunov stability. Given the computational efficiency, a neurodynamic method is extended to solve the constrained programming problem with unknown nonlinearity. To test the performance of the proposed control method, simulations were conducted using a validated vehicle model. Simulation results show that the proposed neuro‐adaptive predictive controller outperforms the classical model predictive controller in tracking nominal wheel slip ratio, desired vehicle yaw rate and sideslip angle, showing its significance in vehicle yaw stability enhancement and wheels slip regulation.     

基于模糊控制的分布式电动车辆横摆力矩研究

为提高多轮分布式电驱动车辆在不同工况下的操纵稳定性,设计了一种基于直接横摆力矩控制的分层控制策略。上层以横摆角速度和质心侧偏角为控制变量,采用模糊控制进行目标运动状态跟踪,决策出所需要的横摆力矩。下层按设计的规则进行转矩分配。应用TruckSim和Matlab/Simulink建立车辆和控制器模型,分别在高、低附着等工况下进行联合仿真。仿真结果表明,设计的模糊控制方法能对车辆目标状态进行良好跟踪,相较于无控制状态能够提高车辆的操纵稳定性。     

Disturbance Observer Based Control for Four Wheel Steering Vehicles With Model Reference

This paper presents a disturbance observer based control strategy for four wheel steering systems in order to improve vehicle handling stability. By combination of feedforward control and feedback control, the front and rear wheel steering angles are controlled simultaneously to follow both the desired sideslip angle and the yaw rate of the reference vehicle model. A nonlinear three degree-of-freedom four wheel steering vehicle model containing lateral, yaw and roll motions is built up, which also takes the dynamic effects of crosswind into consideration. The disturbance observer based control method is provided to cope with ignored nonlinear dynamics and to handle exogenous disturbances. Finally, a simulation experiment is carried out, which shows that the proposed four wheel steering vehicle can guarantee handling stability and present strong robustness against external disturbances.      

分布式汽车驱动力能量效率优化分配控制

充分利用分布式驱动汽车信息源多的特点,根据扩展卡尔曼滤波算法（EKF）建立观测器对车轮侧向力进行在线估计。通过改进的车辆线性二自由度模型制定系统控制目标,依据车轮侧向力观测值设计了基于滑模变结构控制的直接横摆力矩控制器。全轮驱动力综合优化分配策略同时考虑了轮胎负荷率与驱动电机效率,完成了对车轮稳定性与能量效率的耦合控制。通过Carsim-Matlab/Simulink的仿真表明,整个系统实现了对车轮侧向力的准确估计,提高了目标直接横摆力矩计算的准确性。驱动力综合优化分配在提高车辆路面附着余量的同时也提高了各驱动电机的综合效率,进一步提高了车辆的能量利用效率。     

Evaluation of a sliding mode observer for vehicle sideslip angle

This paper presents a sliding mode observer of vehicle sideslip angle, which is the principal variable relating to the transversal forces at the tire/road interface. The vehicle is first modelled, and the model is subsequently simplified. This study validates the observer using both a validated simulator and real experimental data acquired by the Heudiasyc laboratory car, and also shows the limitations of this method. The observer requires a yaw rate sensor and data about vehicle speed are required in order to estimate sideslip angle. Some properties of the nonlinear observability matrix condition number are discussed, and relations between this variable and observation error, vehicle speed and tire cornering stiffness are presented.     

基于滑模自抗扰的智能车路径跟踪控制

针对传统的基于精确数学模型的路径跟踪控制方法很难适应复杂多变驾驶环境的问题,提出一种基于终端滑模控制与自抗扰控制的路径跟踪控制方法.首先,通过构造一个期望偏航角函数能够满足当车辆的实际偏航角趋近于该期望偏航角时其侧向位移偏差趋近于零,从而简化路径跟踪控制;然后,采用扩张状态观测器实时估计系统的未建模动态,同时采用非奇异终端滑模来设计非线性误差反馈律,从而实现偏航角快速、准确地跟踪控制.仿真结果表明,所设计的控制器能够保证车辆稳定行驶的同时快速、精确地跟踪期望的路径.     

考虑高速公路横向坡道转向行驶操纵稳定性的汽车轴距和轮距分析

为分析汽车轴距和轮距设计对操纵稳定性的影响,建立高速公路横向坡道转向行驶的汽车转向动力学模型,并在MATLAB/Simulink软件中建立相应的仿真模型.采用某型汽车设计轴距和轮距进行仿真,得到以不同速度在不同横向坡度道路上转向行驶时的横摆角速度、侧向加速度和质心侧偏角.根据该型汽车的转向特性和侧翻阈值评价其在高速公路...     

基于终端滑模控制的电动汽车转向稳定性研究

针对电动汽车转向时的稳定性问题,以双轮毂电机电动汽车为研究对象,利用线性二自由度车辆模型得到理想参数,提出了基于横摆角速度的终端滑模横摆力矩控制。同时利用Simulink搭建了整车七自由度的车辆模型,通过低速和高速两种情况来进行算法验证。仿真结果表明,上述算法相对于垂直载荷力矩控制和传统滑模控制而言,能够有效的减少目标参数趋于稳定的时间,抗干扰能力强。力矩分配之后输出力矩作用于轮毂电机,便可以有效的保证车辆运行转向时的安全性和稳定性。     

Robust cascaded automatic cruise control of electric vehicles

This article focuses on automatic cruise control for electrically driven vehicles. The objective is to track a given vehicle‐velocity profile. For this type of application, the so‐called wheel slip plays a key role, as it is a measure for the force transmitted from the wheel to the road. Conventional wheel‐ slip controllers are usually activated if the absolute value of the slip exceeds pre‐assumed thresholds. Furthermore, it is distinguished between a braking and acceleration maneuver using separately designed and implemented controllers. In contrast, the proposed concept requires neither an activation strategy for the slip controller nor a distinction between braking and acceleration. The cascaded control structure is based upon adaptive‐gains super twisting sliding‐mode algorithm, and the friction force estimator is realized as a second‐order sliding‐mode observer with constant gains. The effectiveness and robustness of the proposed concept are demonstrated in numerical simulations using a complex multibody vehicle model. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A novel integrated control framework of AFS,ASS, and DYC based on ideal roll angle to improve vehicle stability

The current research on vehicle stability control mainly focuses on following the ideal yaw rate and sideslip angle, without considering the potential of ideal roll angle in improving the vehicle stability. In addition, the mutation of tire-road friction coefficient promotes a great challenge to the stability control. To improve the vehicle stability, in this study, firstly, the three-dimensional stability region of “lateral speed-yaw rate-roll angle” was studied, and a method to determine the ideal roll angle was proposed. Secondly, a novel integrated control framework of AFS, ASS, and DYC based on ideal roll angle was proposed to actively control the front tire slip angles, suspension forces, and motor torques: In the upper-level controller, model predictive control and tire force distribution algorithm were used to obtain the optimal four-tire longitudinal forces, front tire lateral forces and additional roll moment under constraints; In the lower-level controller, the upper virtual target was realized by the optimal allocation algorithm of actuators and the tire slip controller. Finally, the proposed control framework was verified on the varied-µ road. The results indicated that compared with the two existing control strategies, the proposed framework can significantly improve the vehicle following performance and stability.     

四轮独立驱动电动汽车单轮失效稳定性控制

为了解决四轮独立驱动电动汽车驱动系统失效时的转矩分配问题,提出了一种基于规则的驱动力控制分配策略以保证车辆在出现单轮失效情况下的稳定性和动力性.控制器采用双层控制,包括上层控制和下层控制.在上层控制中,根据驾驶员的输入与车辆状态,采用滑模控制理论计算出控制横摆角速度和质心侧偏角的附加横摆力矩.在下层控制中,根据驱动电机...     

偏置动量轮控卫星姿态控制

研究了轮控的三轴稳定的偏置动量卫星姿态控制问题。卫星的俯仰回路采用偏置动量轮，滚动／偏航轴上各安装一个反作用飞轮来完成姿态控制。小姿态角下俯仰回路可以单独设计，利用测量的俯仰角来实现其姿态控制；滚动／偏航回路利用滚动信息，采用基于偏航观测器的滑模控制器设计。磁力矩器提供的磁矩与地磁场作用产生的力矩实现了飞轮的动量卸载。对卫星姿态控制系统进行的仿真研究结果表明，所设计的控制方案在飞轮输出力矩工作范围内，可使卫星达到很高的姿态控制精度。     

后轴双电机扭矩矢量控制研究

车辆的横摆响应受到转向系统、悬架系统、制动系统及驱动系统影响,传统车辆主要以转向输入进行主动控制,随着线控底盘的发展,ESC、后轮转向、扭矩矢量等技术逐步参与到车辆横摆的主动控制中;相对于ESC以制动力差产生横摆力矩,扭矩矢量可在不降低总驱动力的前提下产生横摆力矩,不会引起车辆的制动效应;通过后轴双电机扭矩矢量控制（TVC）产生主动横摆力矩,旨在改善车辆横摆响应,TVC采用前馈与反馈结合控制,基于二自由度车辆模型、目标稳态增益K及横摆角速度-速度修正因子K1建立目标横摆角速度;利用车辆模型逆函数计算横摆力矩前馈值,PID计算横摆力矩反馈值,总横摆力矩转换得到左右车轮纵向力调整量;纵向力调整量与驱动力分量叠加获得左右轮总纵向力;左右轮驱动力过大时可能会受到滑移率、电机扭矩等限制,为保证横摆力矩偏差在要求范围内,需要根据限制情况对左右轮纵向力进行调整;通过仿真验证,TVC可明显改变车辆横摆响应