Intervention criterion and control research for active front steering with consideration of road adhesion

A multi-objective active front steering (AFS) control system considering the road adhesion constraint on vehicle stability is developed using the sliding mode control (SMC) method. First, an identification function combined with the relationship between the yaw rate and the steering angle is developed to determine whether the tyre state is linear or nonlinear. On this basis, an intervention criterion for the AFS system is proposed to improve vehicle handling and stability in emergent conditions. A sideslip angle stability domain enveloped by the upper, lower, left, and right boundaries, as well as the constraint of road adhesion coefficient, is constructed based on the β - Ḃ phase-plane method. A dynamic weighting coefficient to coordinate the control of yaw rate and sideslip angle, and a control strategy that considers changing control objectives based on the desired yaw rate, the desired sideslip angle, and their proportional weights, are proposed for the SMC controller. Because road adhesion has a significant effect on vehicle stability and to meet the control algorithm's requirement of real-time access to vehicle states, a unscented Kalman filter-based state observer is proposed to estimate the adhesion coefficient and the required states. Finally, simulations are performed using high and low road adhesion conditions in a Matlab/Simulink environment, and the results show that the proposed AFS control system promptly intervenes according to the intervention criterion, effectively improving vehicle handling and stability.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2017.1395465
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Wu, Xiaojian
  • Zhou, Bing
  • Wen, Guilin
  • Long, Lefei
  • Cui, Qingjia
• Publication Date: 2018-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 553-578
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Volume: 56
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/nvsd20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Advanced vehicle control systems; Dynamic stability; Kalman filtering; Motor vehicle dynamics; Rolling contact; Simulation; Sliding mode control; Steering systems; Tires; Yaw
• Identifier Terms: Matlab/SIMULINK (Computer program)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01663847
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 22 2018 12:03PM