无人机侧向系统LPV 模型降阶

无人机线性参变(LPV)模型能准确描述其非线性动态特性,但初始建立的LPV模型阶数较高,控制过程计算量较大.为此,提出一种基于平衡截断的LPV模型降阶方法.首先给出LPV系统的适定性、稳定性和平衡实现的定义;然后,提出LPV模型的平衡截断降阶方法.针对无人机侧向系统LTI模型,通过多项式拟合来建立LPV模型,并实现模型降阶.仿真结果表明,降阶模型的阶跃响应满足输出响应的精度要求.     

Observer-Based Path Tracking Controller Design for Autonomous Ground Vehicles With Input Saturation

This paper investigates the problem of path tracking control for autonomous ground vehicles(AGVs),where the input saturation,system nonlinearities and uncertainties are considered.Firstly,the nonlinear path tracking system is formulated as a linear parameter varying(LPV) model where the variation of vehicle velocity is taken into account.Secondly,considering the noise effects on the measurement of lateral offset and heading angle,an observer-based control strategy is proposed,and by analyzing th...     

Nonlinear analysis and control of a variable-geometry suspension system

The paper proposes methods for both the analysis and the synthesis of variable-geometry suspension systems. The nonlinear polynomial Sum-of-Squares (SOS) programming method is applied in the analysis and it gives the optimal utilization of the maximum control forces on the tires. Moreover, the construction of the system can be based on the nonlinear analysis. The variable-geometry suspension system affects the wheel camber angle and generates an additional steering angle, thus the coordination of steering and wheel tilting can be handled. An LPV (Linear Parameter-Varying) based control-oriented modeling and control design for lateral vehicle dynamics are also proposed. The novelty of the method is the combination of the LPV-based control design and the SOS-based invariant set analysis. The simulation example presents the efficiency of the variable-geometry suspension system and it shows that the system is suitable to be used as a driver assistance system. In the SIL (software-in-the-loop) simulation both the dSPACE-AutoBox hardware and the CarSim simulator are used as standard industrial tools.     

山区道路车辆动力学模型与行车安全分析

针对道路的几何线形,特别是纵坡坡度与弯道半径对车辆行驶状态的影响,建立了车路耦合的8自由度山区道路行驶的车辆动力学模型以及Dugoff轮胎力模型.结合车载GPS/IMU的测量信息,解算了不同车轮的滑移率以及垂直载荷,并通过横向载荷转移率(LLTR)对车辆的行驶稳定性进行分析.结果表明:车辆行驶过程中的侧向加速度与道路纵坡坡度以及车辆重心高度与宽度的比率h/T有关,坡度越陡,h/T越大,侧向加速度越大,车辆的行驶稳定性越差,降低车辆的行驶速度与侧向加速度可提高车辆的行驶稳定性.     

Linear,parameter-varying control of a supercavitating vehicle

A systematic approach to parameter-dependent control synthesis of a high-speed supercavitation vehicle (HSSV) is presented. The aim of the control design is to provide robust reference tracking across a large flight envelope, while directly accounting for the interaction of liquid and gas phases with the vehicle. A nonlinear dynamic HSSV model is presented and discussed relative to the actual vehicle. A linear, parameter-varying (LPV) controller is synthesized for angle rate tracking in the presence of model uncertainty. The control design takes advantage of coupling in the governing equations to achieve improved performance. Multiple LPV controllers synthesized for smaller overlapping regions of the parameter space are blended together, providing a single controller for the full flight envelope. Time-domain simulations implemented on high-fidelity simulations, provide insight into the performance and robustness of the proposed scheme.     

Detection of Impending Vehicle Rollover with Road Bank Angle Consideration Using a Robust Fuzzy Observer

 This article describes a method of vehicle dynamics estimation for impending rollover detection. We estimate vehicle dynamic states in presence of the road bank angle as a disturbance in the vehicle model using a robust observer. The estimated roll angle and roll rate are used to compute the rollover index which is based on the prediction of the lateral load transfer. In order to anticipate rollover detection, a new method is proposed to compute the time to rollover (TTR) using the load transfer ratio (LTR). The nonlinear model, deduced from the vehicle lateral and roll dynamics, is represented by a Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. This representation is used to account for the nonlinearities of lateral cornering forces. The proposed T-S observer is designed with unmeasurable premise variables to cater for non-availability of the slip angles measurement. The proposed approach is evaluated using CarSim simulator under different driving scenarios. Simulation results show good efficiency of the proposed T-S observer and the rollover detection method.     

Linear parameter varying switching attitude control for a near space hypersonic vehicle with parametric uncertainties

This paper deals with the problem of linear parameter varying (LPV) switching attitude control for a near space hypersonic vehicle (NSHV) with parametric uncertainties. First, due to the enormous complexity of the NSHV nonlinear attitude dynamics, a slow–fast loop polytopic LPV attitude model is developed by using Jacobian linearisation and the tensor product model transformation approach. Second, for the purpose of less conservative attitude controller design, the flight envelope is divided into four subregions. For each parameter subregion, slow-loop and fast-loop LPV controllers are designed. By the defined switching character function, these slow–fast loop LPV controllers are then switched in order to guarantee the closed-loop NSHV system to be asymptotically stable and satisfy a specified tracking performance criterion. The condition of LPV switching attitude controller synthesis is given in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which can be readily solved via standard numerical software, and the robust stability analysis of the closed-loop NSHV system is verified based on multiple Lypapunov functions. Finally, numerical simulations have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Lateral acceleration potential field function control for rollover safety of multi-wheel military vehicle with in-wheel-motors

This article proposes an automatic longitudinal deceleration based method for multi-wheel vehicle rollover safety in autonomous mode. The information of lateral acceleration and vehicle roll angle is used to generate the longitudinal acceleration at which the vehicle will remain stable to rollover. The lateral and roll dynamics are coupled with longitudinal dynamics using a potential field function for lateral acceleration. This virtual potential field is developed on g-g diagram which represents vehicle portrait of lateral and longitudinal acceleration on abscissa and ordinate respectively. The motion of vehicle is represented by a point moving on this phase portrait of g-g diagram. TruckSim model of multi-wheel military vehicle with in-wheel motors is used with this algorithm which shows that the vehicle is less susceptible to rollover. The safe longitudinal acceleration is achieved by torque control of in-wheel motors fitted in each wheel. Using this method, the vehicle followed the desired trajectory as higher speeds which are safe. This is particularly useful for vehicle autonomous driving with rollover stability.

     

Estimation of the tire slip angle under various road conditions without tire–road information for vehicle stability control

This paper presents a tire slip angle estimator based on an Interacting Multiple Model (IMM) algorithm for vehicle stability control. The proposed algorithm is capable of estimating the tire slip angles under various road conditions without the prior knowledge of tire and road condition by only using on-board vehicle sensors. Instead of employing tire and road information, the proposed algorithm utilizes multiple numbers of model candidates to represent all aspects of vehicle motions under various road conditions. Each model candidate is a combination of lateral vehicle dynamics and transient/steady state tire dynamics. The proposed algorithm evaluates the fidelity of each model candidate to the current vehicle dynamics with probability. Moreover, in the proposed algorithm, multiple numbers of Kalman filters are embedded with these model candidates as process models. The final estimate of the proposed algorithm in each time step is a linear sum of the posteriori states from multiple embedded filters with the calculated probability as coefficients. The proposed estimation algorithm has been evaluated via vehicle tests. The tests have been conducted on dry asphalt and wet asphalt using a luxury passenger car equipped with a high-performance GPS for reference and data logging computer. The results have shown that the proposed estimator can successfully estimate tire slip angles with satisfactory accuracy under various road conditions     

基于参数依赖滚动时域H∞控制的高超声速飞行器控制

针对输入受限的高超声速飞行器强耦合、强非线性以及严重不确定性的特点,提出一种参数依赖滚动时域?∞控制(PD-RHHC)的方法.首先在考虑控制输入约束的条件下,引入参数依赖Lyapunov函数和松弛因子并提出了基于LMI优化的PD-RHHC;然后采用函数替换方法,结合张量积模型转换方法实现高超声速飞行器(HSV)纵向非线性弹性模型的LPV描述,并将PD-RHHC应用到高超声速飞行器纵向控制中,以实现HSV在大飞行包线内的机动飞行;最后通过仿真实验验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

Adaptive restricted trajectory tracking for a non-minimum phase hypersonic vehicle model

The design of a nonlinear robust controller for a non-minimum phase model of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle is presented in this work. When flight-path angle is selected as a regulated output and the elevator is the only control surface available for the pitch dynamics, longitudinal models of the rigid-body dynamics of air-breathing hypersonic vehicles exhibit unstable zero-dynamics that prevent the applicability of standard inversion methods for control design. The approach proposed in this paper uses a combination of small-gain arguments and adaptive control techniques for the design of a state-feedback controller that achieves asymptotic tracking of a family of velocity and flight-path angle reference trajectories belonging to a given class of vehicle maneuvers, in spite of model uncertainties. The method reposes upon a suitable redefinition of the internal dynamics of a control-oriented model of the vehicle dynamics, and uses a time-scale separation between the controlled variables to manage the peaking phenomenon occurring in the system. Simulation results on a full nonlinear vehicle model that includes structural flexibility illustrate the effectiveness of the methodology.     

多工况适应的车辆质心侧偏角观测算法研究

研究汽车高速运行稳定性优化控制问题,在车辆稳定性控制中,质心侧偏角是衡量稳定性的重要指标,观测对于稳定性控制非常重要。针对目前车载多传感器信息的观测条件,为解决质心侧偏角观测的准确性、快速性和多工况适应性问题,提出了一种融合卡尔曼滤波和信号积分的质心侧偏角观测算法。观测算法充分考虑了车辆动力学特性,采用车辆运行过程的多种工况进行了算法设计及切换。最后在Matlab/Simulink平台上搭建了质心侧偏角观测仿真实验平台,通过多工况下的仿真,对所提出的质心侧偏角观测算法进行了仿真验证,结果表明能快速准确地矫正质心侧偏角,使稳态误差减小。     

Gain-scheduling control of a floating offshore wind turbine above rated wind speed

This paper presents an application of gain-scheduling(GS) control techniques to a floating offshore wind turbine on a barge platform for above rated wind speed cases. Special emphasis is placed on the dynamics variation of the wind turbine system caused by plant nonlinearity with respect to wind speed. The turbine system with the dynamics variation is represented by a linear parameter-varying(LPV) model, which is derived by interpolating linearized models at various operating wind speeds. To achieve control objectives of regulating power capture and minimizing platform motions, both linear quadratic regulator(LQR) GS and LPV GS controller design techniques are explored. The designed controllers are evaluated in simulations with the NREL 5 MW wind turbine model, and compared with the baseline proportional-integral(PI) GS controller and non-GS controllers. The simulation results demonstrate the performance superiority of LQR GS and LPV GS controllers, as well as the performance trade-off between power regulation and platform movement reduction.     

Nonlinear observer-based active control of ground vehicles with non negligible roll dynamics

In this paper we present an observer–based nonlinear controller for lateral and yaw velocity, for a vehicle in which the roll dynamics can not be neglected. The observer estimates the lateral velocity, and the roll position and velocity. This technique is based on measurements of the longitudinal and lateral accelerations, longitudinal velocity, yaw rate and steer angle, usually available in modern vehicles. The nonlinear observer ensures exponential convergence of the estimations. The test maneuvers, obtained with the full–vehicle CarSim model under different road adhesion conditions, have been used to check the controller performance, as well as its robustness with respect to parameter variations.     

非结构道路环境下的智能汽车质心侧偏角估计

车辆质心侧偏角是描述车辆侧向运动状态的重要参量之一,其估计的精度直接影响车辆的安全控制,传统的质心侧偏角估计方法不能满足非结构道路环境下的智能汽车质心侧偏角估计的要求。通过建立3自由度智能汽车动力学模型,采用CarSim和MATLAB构建智能汽车整车参数化模型;基于扩展kalman滤波(EKF)算法,设计非结构道路环境下的状态观测器对智能汽车质心侧偏角进行估计。在高、低附着系数路面双移线工况和蛇形工况下,对状态观测器的估计效果进行联合仿真验证。仿真结果表明:该方法能较精确地估计出非结构道路环境下智能汽车的质心侧偏角。     

Identification of lateral tyre force dynamics using an extended Kalman filter from experimental road test data

A methodology is presented for identifying lateral tyre force dynamics by studying the vehicle dynamics. The methodology is based on the EKF (extended Kalman filter) and makes it possible to determine lateral tyre force dynamics on the basis of the results obtained from standard on-road handling manoeuvres. The experimental activity, a vehicle model, and an appropriate identification algorithm are described. The vehicle model has four degrees of freedom where the lateral tyre forces are described by the Magic formula with transient behaviour. The test vehicle is equipped with standard sensors used by vehicle and tyre manufacturers in handling manoeuvres. Handling tests are performed, and the results of standard tests are for off-line identification of the coefficients of lateral tyre dynamics using EKF data. The identified lateral tyre dynamics are validated, and the results show good agreement between simulation and measurement, which confirms the validity and accuracy of the estimated lateral tyre model.     

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.      

Simultaneous braking and steering control method based on nonlinear model predictive control for emergency driving support

Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) has drawn a lot of attention as an active safety system preventing rear-end collision avoidance when the relative speed between vehicles is slow. To increase the operation range of current AEB system, this paper suggests a collision avoidance strategy using steering and braking simultaneously with nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) method. The NMPC predicts the vehicle’s future trajectory with its open-loop dynamics and calculates the error between the predicted and the desired paths. Then NMPC calculates the control inputs such as the wheel steering angle and vehicle acceleration by optimizing the cost function over future receding horizon with predetermined constraints. In this paper, constraints on the wheel steering angle is proposed in consideration of vehicle’s predicted lateral acceleration, which should be smaller than the threshold in order to maintain lateral vehicle’s stability. To verify the performance of the proposed strategy, two simulation scenarios were tested in MATLAB and CarSim simulation environments.

     

Robust control of decomposable LPV systems

This paper considers distributed control of a class of interconnected systems, namely decomposable linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems, which include multi-agent systems with LPV agent models and switching communication topology as a special case. Sufficient conditions for stability are established for uncertain time-invariant as well as for time-varying interconnection topologies in a known set. Recent work on distributed state feedback controller synthesis is extended to robust output feedback controller synthesis. Here robustness refers to variations in the topology as well as the LPV dynamics of the subsystems.