高速转向工况下的无人驾驶车辆路径跟踪

为提高无人驾驶车辆在高速转向工况下的路径跟踪精度与行驶稳定性,基于三自由度单轨车辆模型与模型预测控制理论,分析前轮转角约束对车辆跟踪精度与行驶稳定性的影响,提出一种自适应于侧向附着力的路径跟踪控制方法.以Pacejka'89魔术公式轮胎模型为基础,分析轮胎纵向受力,以此推算轮胎的侧向附着力,从而建立前轮转角约束随车辆状...     

基于模型预测控制的电动车辆队列控制研究

针对车辆队列建模时参数不确定导致控制存在误差的问题,以及队列中跟随车辆稳定性问题,分析车辆纵向动力学,设计一个鲁棒MPC控制器和滑移率控制器来提高队列车辆的控制精度和稳定性.首先对纵向MPC控制器进行改进,提高车辆队列控制精度；同时为防止跟随车辆的轮胎打滑,设计一个MPC滑移率控制器对跟随车辆的轮胎滑移率进行控制约束,保证了跟随车辆的纵向稳定性.最后,进行仿真实验验证其有效性.仿真实验结果表明,与传统的LQR、MPC控制器相比,改进的鲁棒MPC纵向控制器控制精度更高,同时MPC滑移率控制器可防止跟随车辆的轮胎打滑,保证了跟随车辆的纵向稳定性.     

Vehicle Dynamics Modeling and Electronic Stability Program/ Active Front Steering Sliding Mode Integrated Control

Chassis integrated control can significantly improve vehicle handling stability and comfort. Because of the complexity of the problem, it has attracted significant research attention. We built a vehicle nonlinear dynamic model with multi‐degree freedom, including body movement, wheel movement, and electronically controlled hydraulic power steering system. We compared the magic formula tire model, Dugoff tire model, brush tire model, and LuGre dynamic friction tire model and steady model. The precision of the model was verified by a comparison between simulation results and the real vehicle test results. Then, based on the vehicle dynamics model, an AFS (active front steering) controller was designed based on sliding mode variable structure control, and an AFS and ESP (electronic stability program) integrated coordination controller was proposed. Finally, based on the nonlinear tire model and multi‐DOF (degree of freedom) vehicle model, sinusoidal and step steering angle input simulation analysis was proposed on different road friction coefficients. The results show that the vehicle has better response characteristics with coordinated control strategy when compared with AFS and ESP only control. The evidence suggests that the proposed integrated control system in this paper can improve vehicle stability and safety.     

An MPC-based manoeuvre stability controller for full drive-by-wire vehicles

Aiming at the actuator time delay caused by the drive-by-wire technology, a novel manoeuvre stability controller based on model predictive control is proposed for full drive-by-wire vehicles. Firstly, the future vehicle dynamics are predicted by a two-degree-of-freedom vehicle model with input delay. Secondly, in order to prevent the vehicle from destabilizing due to excessive side slip angles, the determined ideal yaw rate and side slip angle are tracked simultaneously by optimizing the front wheel angle and additional yaw moment. Moreover, in order to improve the trajectory tracking ability, a side slip angle constraint determined by phase plane stability boundaries is added to the cost function. The results of Matlab and veDYNA co-simulation show that the regulated yaw rate can track the reference value well and the side slip angle decreases. Meanwhile, the trajectory tracking ability is improved obviously by compensating the time delay.     

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     

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.     

An investigation into vehicle rollover prevention by coordinated control of active anti-roll bar and electronic stability program

This paper presents a method for designing a controller that uses an active anti-roll bar (AARB) and an electronic stability program (ESP) for rollover prevention. ESP with longitudinal speed control (LSC) can carry out active braking to reduce vehicle speed and lateral acceleration to prevent a rollover. To enhance the rollover prevention capability of the ESP, an AARB is adopted. The controller for the AARB was designed based on linear quadratic (LQ) static output feedback (SOF) control methodology, which attenuates the effect of lateral acceleration on the roll angle and roll rate by control of the suspension stroke and the tire deflection of the vehicle. Although this AARB significantly increases ride comfort and rollover prevention, it has a drawback — the vehicle loses its maneuverability. Therefore, the ESP with LSC is used to overcome this drawback. Simulations showed that the proposed method was effective in preventing a rollover.     

基于横纵向联合控制的多目标优化车辆跟驰研究

为解决车辆在拥堵环境中因车速波动较大所带来的跟驰平稳性较差、跟踪无效或不安全等问题,提出了基于车辆模型和深度强化学习的多目标优化跟驰方案。首先基于车辆横纵向动力学建立车辆跟驰模型,然后根据车间距误差、速度误差、横向偏差及相对偏航角等,利用深度确定性策略梯度算法得到跟驰车的加速度和转向角,以更平稳安全地控制跟驰车辆。经NGSIM公开驾驶数据集进行测试与验证,该方案可有效地提升跟驰车辆的稳定、舒适与安全性,对保证交通安全和提升道路通行能力具有重要意义。     

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     

横摆力矩和主动前轮转向结合的车辆横向稳定性模糊控制仿真

提出一种基于横摆力矩和主动前轮转向相结合的车辆横向稳定性控制方法,以横摆角速度和侧偏角为控制目标,利用前馈补偿和模糊控制产生横摆力矩和附加的前轮转角,通过控制制动力的分配以及对转向角的修正,使车辆转向行驶时的横摆角速度和侧偏角很好地跟踪参考模型.对转向轮阶跃输入和正弦输入两种工况分别进行了仿真研究,采用横摆力矩和主动前轮转向相结合控制方法,车辆转向时的瞬态及稳态响应优于单独的横摆力矩控制,表明该方法能有效地控制车辆横摆角速度和侧偏角,提高车辆转向时的横向稳定性,同时能有效地减轻驾驶员操纵负担.     

基于阿克曼原理的4WID/4WIS汽车循迹控制研究

针对四轮独立驱动、独立转向汽车循迹控制精度和转向稳定性兼容问题,同时考虑减小轮胎磨损,延长轮胎使用寿命,本文基于阿克曼转向原理和RBF神经网络PID理论,提出了一种自适应的循迹控制方法.首先,设计了基于RBF神经网络PID理论的自适应转向控制器,用于控制前内轮转角,保证循迹精度;其次,后内轮以减小质心侧偏角为目标进行辅助转向,保证转向稳定性;接着,基于阿克曼转向原理,确定外轮转角,保证各轮侧偏力分配合理;最后,采用同一瞬心法,确定各车轮转速,以减小轮胎滑动率.本文搭建了CarSim和MATLAB/Simulink联合仿真平台,进行了仿真实验,结果表明：本文提出的循迹控制方法,不仅能获得较小的循迹偏差和质心侧偏角,保证了足够的循迹控制精度和转向稳定性,同时还减小了轮胎滑动率,有利于减小轮胎的磨耗.     

基于滑模观测器的汽车轮胎力级联估计方法

提出了一种新型的基于滑模观测器理论的汽车轮胎力级联估计方法．首先基于单轮滚动动力学模型,以车轮转动角速度及驱动力矩作为输入,针对每个车轮的纵向轮胎力设计了纵向轮胎力滑模观测器．又采用了简化的车辆2自由度模型,以纵向轮胎力估计值、 前轮转角、 侧向加速度及横摆角速度作为输入,分别设计了前、 后轴侧向轮胎力滑模观测器．最后,为验证所设计的观测器的有效性,应用高保真车辆动力学软件veDYNA进行了仿真研究,并与扩展卡尔曼滤波（extendedKalman filter,EKF）方法进行了对比分析．实验结果表明,基于滑模观测器的车辆轮胎力级联估计方法具有更高的准确性．     

Robust adaptive backstepping sliding mode control for motion mode decoupling of two‐axle vehicles with active kinetic dynamic suspension systems

A mode decoupling control strategy is proposed for the active Kinetic Dynamic Suspension Systems (KDSS) with electrohydrostatic actuator (EHA) to improve the roll and warp mode performances. A matrix transfer method is employed to derive the modes of body and wheel station motions for full vehicle with active KDSS. The additional mode stiffness produced by the active KDSS is obtained and quantitatively described with the typical physical parameters. A new hierarchical feedback control strategy is proposed for the active KDSS to improve the roll and warp motion performances and simultaneously accounting for nonlinear dynamics of the actuators with hydraulic uncertainties. H∞ static output‐feedback control is employed to obtain the desirable mode forces, and a new projection‐based adaptive backstepping sliding mode tracking controller is designed for EHA to deal with address the nonlinearity and parameters uncertainty. This controller is used to realize the desirable pressure difference of EHA required from the target mode forces. Numerical simulations are presented to compare the roll and warp performances between the active KDSS, conventional spring‐damper suspension, and suspension with antiroll bar under typical excitation conditions. The evaluation indices are normalized and compared with radar chart. The obtained results illustrate that the proposed active KDSS with proposed controller does not produce additional warp motion for vehicle body, and has achieved more reasonable tire force distribution among wheel stations, the roll stability, road holding, and significantly improved ride comfort simultaneously.     

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.     

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.     

汽车操纵稳定性的自适应控制策略研究

针对汽车系统的非线性和参数不确定性,设计了一种“前馈+反馈”自适应神经模糊控制器,通过ESP和AFS的协调控制来提高汽车操纵稳定性.ESP反馈控制器采用模糊控制策略,以横摆角速度和质心侧偏角为控制目标;AFS前馈控制器采用径向基神经网络控制,以反馈控制器的输出作为误差进行学习,从而实现自适应控制.仿真结果表明,上述控制策略是可行和有效的,能显著改善汽车在高速或湿滑路面上的操纵稳定性.     

基于自适应MPC算法的轨迹跟踪控制研究

为了保证智能车辆在低附着且变速条件下跟踪控制的精确性和稳定性,提出一种基于自适应模型预测控制（MPC）的轨迹跟踪控制算法。针对低附着条件下轨迹跟踪存在行驶稳定性较差的问题,对车辆动力学模型添加侧偏角软约束,分别设计有无添加侧偏角约束的MPC控制器。仿真结果表明,添加侧偏角约束后MPC控制器性能更优,车辆行驶稳定性得到有效提高。在此基础上,又提出了一种自适应的轨迹跟踪控制策略,能够根据车辆速度的变化,实时产生预测时域[(Hp)],分别设计自适应的MPC控制器与4组定值[Hp]的MPC控制器。仿真结果表明,基于自适应模型预测控制的轨迹跟踪控制算法在提高低附着且变速条件下智能车辆轨迹跟踪控制的精度和稳定性方面具有一定的有效性和先进性。     

采用2-自由度调节器结构的制动方向稳定性控制算法

结合直接横摆力矩控制和主动前轮转向控制,设计了一种提高制动方向稳定性的复合控制系统.控制器采用2-自由度调节器结构,将前轮转向角视为输入,将作用于车身的外部侧向干扰力视为扰动,通过2-自由度调节器将转向跟随控制和抗扰控制分离,并对制动控制参数进行了优化.文章对有转向输入和路面突变情况下的控制器控制性能进行了仿真研究,并与无方向稳定控制的仿真结果进行了对比.仿真试验证实这种控制方法在提高车辆制动稳定性方面有良好的效果.     

Four wheel steering control by fuzzy approach

This study introduces a fuzzy four-wheel steering control design method for automotive vehicles. After the analysis of some stability aspects of the vehicle lateral motion, including front steering angle variations, the representation of vehicle nonlinear model by Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model is presented. Next, based on the fuzzy model, a fuzzy controller is developed to improve the stability of the vehicle. Sufficient conditions for stability and stabilization of the T-S fuzzy model using fuzzy feedback controllers is given. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy controller, simulation results are given showing the performance improvements of the vehicle in terms of the stability and the maneuverability in critical situations.     

Interior‐Point Method to Optimize Tire Force Allocation in 4‐Wheeled Vehicles Using High‐Level Sliding Mode Control with Adaptive Gain

Nonlinear vehicle control allocation is achieved by distributing the control task to tire forces with nonlinear saturation constraints. The overall vehicle control is accomplished by developing a hierarchical scheme. First, a high‐level sliding mode control with adaptive gain is considered to obtain the body force/moment for stable vehicle motion. The proposed controller only requires online adaptation of control gains without acquiring the knowledge of upper‐bounds on system uncertainties. Then, optimal distribution of tire forces (ODF) with nonlinear saturation constraints is considered. The high‐level control objectives are mapped to individual tire forces by formulating a nonlinear optimization problem. The interior‐point (IP) method is adopted for a nonlinear programming task at each time step. Evaluation of the overall system is accomplished by simulation testing with a nine‐degrees‐of‐freedom vehicle nonlinear model. Comparison with a well‐recognized control system shows the effect of saturation constrained ODF (SCODF) on improving vehicle handling and stability.