Title
Coordinated control of longitudinal/lateral/vertical tire forces for distributed electric vehicles
Abstract
In this paper, a novel coordinated control method of longitudinal/lateral/vertical tire forces is proposed which overcomes the shortcomings of current studies on global chassis control for electric vehicles. An objective function combining the tire workload and the dynamic ratio of vertical forces is developed, 15 equality and inequality constraints including desired driving demands, tire friction limitations and actuator characteristics are considered, and a non-convex optimization problem with multiple constraints for coordinated control of longitudinal/lateral/vertical tire forces is formulated. An optimization algorithm combining constrained optimization and feasible region planning is proposed to solve this key problem. Finally, simulations based on Matlab/Simulink and CarSim are conducted, demonstrating that the proposed coordinated control method controls vehicle attitude effectively and improves handling stability simultaneously, while providing better stability and robustness over other methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ACC.2014.6858816
ACC
Keywords
Field
DocType
region planning,global chassis control,constrained optimization,longitudinal tire forces,objective function,vertical tire forces,matlab-simulink,automotive,force control,inequality constraints,concave programming,nonconvex optimization problem,lateral tire forces,carsim,distributed parameter systems,vehicle attitude control,attitude control,actuators,coordinated control method,dynamic ratio,distributed electric vehicles,handling stability,optimal control,stability,tire friction limitations,actuator characteristics,nonlinear systems,equality constraints,driving demands,electric vehicles,tire workload
Automotive engineering,CarSim,Computer science,Tire balance,Control theory,Control engineering,Robustness (computer science),Feasible region,Chassis,Optimization problem,Constrained optimization,Actuator
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0743-1619
3
0.52
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yugong Luo1306.08
Kun Cao231.53
Keqiang Li358352.39