scholarly journals Motion Control of Four-Wheel Independently Actuated Electric Ground Vehicles considering Tire Force Saturations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongrong Wang ◽  
Hamid Reza Karimi ◽  
Nan Chen ◽  
Guodong Yin ◽  
Jinxiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Ground Vehicles ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Tire Force ◽  
Vehicle Stability Control ◽  
Tire Forces ◽  
High Level ◽  
Allocation Algorithms

A vehicle stability control approach for four-wheel independently actuated (FWIA) electric vehicles is presented. The proposed control method consists of a higher-level controller and a lower-level controller. An adaptive control-based higher-level controller is designed to yield the vehicle virtual control efforts to track the desired vehicle motions due to the possible modeling inaccuracies and parametric uncertainties. The lower-level controller considering tire force saturation is given to allocate the required control efforts to the four in-wheel motors for providing the desired tire forces. An analytic method is given to distribute the high-level control efforts, without using the numerical-optimization-based control allocation algorithms. Simulations based on a high-fidelity, CarSim, and full-vehicle model show the effectiveness of the control approach.

Adaptive Vehicle Stability Control With Optimal Tire Force Allocation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Ali Arat ◽  
Kanwar Bharat Singh ◽  
Saied Taheri
Keyword(s):  
Stability Control ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Slip Angle ◽  
Vehicle Stability ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Tire Force ◽  
Vehicle Stability Control ◽  
Saturation Region ◽  
Road Friction ◽  
Tire Forces

Vehicle stability control systems have been receiving increasing attention, especially over the past decade, owing to the advances in on-board electronics that enables successful implementation of complex algorithms. Another major reason for their increasing popularity lies in their effectiveness. Considering the studies that expose supporting results for reducing crash risk or fatality, organizations such as E.U. and NHTSA are taking steps to mandate the use of such safety systems on vehicles. The current technology has advanced in many aspects, and undoubtedly has improved vehicle stability as mentioned above; however there are still many areas of potential improvements. Especially being able to utilize information about tire-vehicle states (tire forces, tire-slip angle, and tire-road friction) would be significant due to the key role tires play in providing directional stability and control. This paper presents an adaptive vehicle stability controller that makes use of tire force and slip-angle information from an online tire monitoring system. Solving the optimality problem for the tire force allocation ensures that the control system does not push the tires into the saturation region where neither the driver nor the controller commands are implemented properly. The proposed control algorithm is implemented using MATLAB/CarSim® software packages. The performance of the system is evaluated under an evasive double lane change maneuver on high and low friction surfaces. The results indicate that the system can successfully stabilize the vehicle as well as adapting to the changes in surface conditions.

Vehicle Stability Control on Tire Burst Steering and Braking Condition With Active Steering System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqi Dai ◽  
Jian Song ◽  
Liangyao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Steering System ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Steering Angle ◽  
Tire Force ◽  
Vehicle Stability Control ◽  
Yaw Moment Control ◽  
Moment Control ◽  
Control Layer ◽  
Yaw Moment

By analyzing the key safety problems under the front-outside-tire burst steering condition, a vehicle stability control strategy is proposed in this paper, which is based on active front steering and differential braking systems. Taken both the handling stability and safety into account, we divided the whole control strategy into two layers, which are yaw moment control layer and the additional steering angle & tire force distribution layer. To solve the similar linear problem concisely, the LQR control is adopted in the yaw moment control layer. To achieve the goal of providing enough additional lateral force and yaw moment while keeping the burst tire in appropriate condition, the additional steering angle provided by active front steering system and the tire force distribution was adjusted step by step. To test the proposed control strategy performance, we modelling a basic front-outside-tire burst steering condition, in which the tire blows out once the vertical pressure reach the predefined critical value. Through simulation on different adhesion coefficient road, the control strategy proposed in this paper performance quite better compare with the uncontrolled one in aspect of movement, burst tire protection, handling stability.

scholarly journals A Stabilization Method Based on an Adaptive Feedforward Controller for the Underactuated Bipedal Walking with Variable Step-Length on Compliant Discontinuous Ground

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Daojin Yao ◽  
Jie He ◽  
Xiaohui Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Step Length ◽  
Bipedal Walking ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Stabilization Method ◽  
Feedforward Controller ◽  
High Level ◽  
Adaptive Feedforward

Both compliance and discontinuity are the common characteristics of the real ground surface. This paper proposes a stabilization method for the underactuated bipedal locomotion on the discontinuous compliant ground. Unlike a totally new control method, the method is actually a high-level control strategy developed based on an existing low-level controller meant for the continuous compliant ground. As a result, although the ground environment is more complex, the calculation cost for the robot walking control system is not increased. With the high-level control strategy, the robot is able to adjust its step-length and velocity simultaneously to stride over the discontinuous areas on the compliant ground surface. The effectiveness of the developed method is validated with a numerical simulation and a physical experiment.

scholarly journals A Robust Control Method for Lateral Stability Control of In-Wheel Motored Electric Vehicle Based on Sideslip Angle Observer

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaxiong Wang ◽  
Feng Kang ◽  
Taipeng Wang ◽  
Hongbin Ren
Keyword(s):  
Robust Control ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Lateral Stability ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Sideslip Angle ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
Yaw Moment

In-wheel motored powertrain on electric vehicles has more potential in maneuverability and active safety control. This paper investigates the longitudinal and lateral integrated control through the active front steering and yaw moment control systems considering the saturation characteristics of tire forces. To obtain the vehicle sideslip angle of mass center, the virtual lateral tire force sensors are designed based on the unscented Kalman filtering (UKF). And the sideslip angle is estimated by using the dynamics-based approaches. Moreover, based on the estimated vehicle state information, an upper level control system by using robust control theory is proposed to specify a desired yaw moment and correction front steering angle to work on the electric vehicles. The robustness of proposed algorithm is also analyzed. The wheel torques are distributed optimally by the wheel torque distribution control algorithm. Numerical simulation is carried out in Matlab/Simulink-Carsim cosimulation environment to demonstrate the effectiveness of the designed robust control algorithm for lateral stability control of in-wheel motored vehicle.

Enhancing Vehicle Stability Through Model Predictive Control

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig E. Beal ◽  
J. Christian Gerdes
Keyword(s):  
Stability Control ◽  
Vehicle Stability ◽  
Control Input ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Convex Optimization Problem ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
Vehicle Stability Control ◽  
Additional Control ◽  
Finite Time Horizon ◽  
Automotive Crashes

Vehicle stability control systems have been widely and accurately cited as a significant influence in reducing the rate of severe injuries and fatalities in automotive crashes. However, these systems are purely reactive, providing additional control input only after undesired vehicle behavior is sensed. This paper presents a new approach to controlling the motion of a vehicle in highly dynamic situations. This approach solves a convex optimization problem over a finite time horizon to predict and prevent these hazardous situations. Thus, the controller determines input that simultaneously tracks the driver’s intended trajectory while preventing tire saturation. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the efficacy of this control approach.

Trajectory generator design based on the user's intentions for a CMC lower-limbs rehabilitation device

Robotica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 1026-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Seddiki ◽  
K. Guelton ◽  
J. Zaytoon ◽  
H. Akdag
Keyword(s):  
Control Structure ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Level Control ◽  
Discrete State ◽  
Control Approach ◽  
High Level ◽  
Generator Design ◽  
Rehabilitation Exercises ◽  
Trajectory Generator

SUMMARYThis paper deals with the design of the control structure of a lower-limbs rehabilitation device in closed muscular chain called Sys-Reeduc. This control structure aims at providing a safe behavior to the user when performing rehabilitation exercises. It is based on two levels. The first level is concerned with the robust trajectory tracking of robotic device and has been the subject of previous studies. Nevertheless, it does not allow, by itself, the user to voluntarily drive the device. Therefore, a trajectory generator constituting the second level is presented in this paper to complete the whole control structure. This high-level control layer is described by a set of dedicated discrete state machines that provide the appropriate sequencing of elementary rehabilitation movements. These elementary movements are dynamically characterized so that clinician may choose the required trajectory parameters to adapt rehabilitation protocols and training to each individual. To realize a complete rehabilitation exercise, the sequence of elementary movements is triggered by thresholds relative to the measurement of the efforts applied by the user on the device. This allows the user to play an active role in its rehabilitation exercises and safely drive the machine at his/her own initiative. The design of the main exercises (isokinetic, isometric, and isotonic) used in the context of lower limbs rehabilitation is described, and simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed trajectory generator-based control approach.

Research on Vehicle Stability Based on DYC and AFS Integrated Controller

2013 ◽  
Vol 278-280 ◽  
pp. 1510-1515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Tian ◽  
Ya Qin Wang ◽  
Ning Chen
Keyword(s):  
Control Method ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Front Wheel ◽  
Vehicle Stability ◽  
Sideslip Angle ◽  
Stable Domain ◽  
Vehicle Stability Control ◽  
Integrated Controller ◽  
Yaw Moment

A new vehicle stability control method integrated direct yaw moment control (DYC) with active front wheel steering (AFS) was proposed. On the basis of the vehicle nonlinear model, vehicle stable domain was determined by the phase plane of sideslip angle and sideslip angular velocity. When the vehicle was outside the stable domain, DYC was firstly used to produce direct yaw moment, which can make vehicle inside the stable domain. Then AFS sliding mode control was used to make the sideslip angle and yaw rate track the reference vehicle model. The simulation results show that the integrated controller improves vehicle stability more effectively than using the AFS controller alone.

Temperature stability of the Taiji-1 satellite in operational orbit

2021 ◽  
pp. 2140022
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Zhang ◽  
Hong Liang ◽  
Heping Tan ◽  
Jinchao Feng ◽  
Huawang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Temperature Stability ◽  
Thermal Control ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Scientific Instrument ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Space Technology ◽  
Level Control

The Taiji-1 satellite is a pioneering space technology mission designed by the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) to test key technologies required for gravitational wave detection in space. Temperature stability is a critical element because it can couple with the gravitational wave measurement. A dedicated thermal control with a three-level control method was used on the Taiji-1 satellite science module. The simulation analysis shows that the temperature stability control level of its scientific instrument temperature stability can reach ± 1.7 mK. Combined with the in-orbit temperature results, the temperature stability obtained by using the linear smoothing filter and the Kalman filter reached ± 1.1 and ± 0.5 mK, respectively, which were in good concerted with the simulation data, indicating that the thermal control level of Taiji-1satellite science module reached a high precision.

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