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Evaluation of electronic stability controllers using hardware-in-the-loop vehicle simulator

  • Emirler, Mumin Tolga;Gozu, Murat;Uygan, Ismail Meric Can;Boke, Tevfik Ali;Guvenc, Bilin Aksun;Guvenc, Levent
    • Advances in Automotive Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.123-141
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    • 2018
  • Hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) simulation is a very powerful tool to design, test and verify automotive control systems. However, well-validated and high degree of freedom vehicle models have to be utilized in these simulations in order to obtain realistic results. In this paper, a vehicle dynamics model developed in the Carsim Real Time program environment and its validation has been performed using experimental results. The developed Carsim real time model has been employed in the Tofas R&D hardware-in-the-loop simulator. Experimental and hardware-in-the-loop simulation results have been compared for the standard FMVSS No. 126 test and the results have been found to be in good agreement with each other. Two electronic stability control (ESC) algorithms, named the Basic ESC and the Integrated ESC, taken from the earlier work of the authors have been tested and evaluated in the hardware-in-the-loop simulator. Different evaluation methods have been formulated and used to compare these ESC algorithms. As a result, the Integrated ESC system has been shown superior performance as compared to the Basic ESC algorithm.

Estimation Algorithm of Vehicle Roll Angle and Control Strategy of Roll Mitigation Force Distribution (차량 롤 각 추정 알고리즘 및 롤 저감력 분배 제어 전략)

  • Chung, Seunghwan;Lee, Hyeongcheol
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.633-641
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    • 2015
  • The ROM (roll over mitigation) system is a next-generation suspension system that can improve vehicle-driving stability and ride comfort. Currently, mass-produced safety systems, such as ESC (electronic stability control) and ECS (electronic control suspension), enable measurements of longitudinal and lateral acceleration as well as yaw rate through inertial sensor clusters, but they lack direct measurements of the roll angle. Therefore, in this paper, a roll angle estimation algorithm from ESC system sensors and tire normal force has been proposed. Furthermore, this study presents a method for roll over mitigation force distribution between the front and rear of a ROM system. Performance and reliability of the roll angle estimation and roll over mitigation force distribution were investigated through simulations. The simulation results showed that the proposed control algorithm and strategy are reliable during vehicle rollovers.

Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of a Four-Wheel Steering Vehicle Using a Driver-Vehicle Model (운전자-자동차모델을 이용한 4륜조향자동차의 주행특성 해석)

  • Lee, Y.H.;Kim, S.I.;Suh, M.W.;Kim, D.Y.;Kim, D.R.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.119-128
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    • 1995
  • A driver-vehicle model means the integrated dynamic model that is able to estimate the steering wheel angle from the driver's desired path based on the dynamic characteristics of the driver and vehicle. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics of several four-wheel steering systems with the simultaneously steerable front and rear wheels are investigated and compared by means of the driver-vehicle model. Especially, the presented analysis results are obtained by using the ISO test codes such as lane change, double lane change and slalom, and the effects of the driver's steering response time and vehicle speed are examined on the responsiveness and stability of vehicle.

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Vehicle traction control using fuzzy logic algorithm (퍼지 로직 알고리듬을 이용한 차량 구동력 제어)

  • 박성훈;권동수
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.10b
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    • pp.680-683
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    • 1996
  • The dynamics of the vehicle system has highly nonlinear components such as an engine, a torque converter and variable road condition. This thesis proposes a Fuzzy Logic Algorithm that shows better control performance than Antiwindup PI in the highly nonlinear vehicle system. Traction Control System(TCS), which adjusts throttle valve opening by Fuzzy Logic Algorithm improves vehicle drivability, steerability and stability when vehicle is starting and cornering. When a throttle valve is opened at large degree, Fuzzy Logic Algorithm shows better performances like a small settling time and a small oscillation than Antiwindup PI in simulation. The decreased desired slip ratio improves steerability in the simulation when a vehicle is cornering. The Fuzzy Logic Algorithm has been tested by a 1/5-scale vehicle for tracking the constant desired velocity.

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Fuzzy Logic Speed Control Stability Improvement of Lightweight Electric Vehicle Drive

  • Nasri, Abdelfatah;Hazzab, Abdeldjabar;Bousserhane, Ismail.K;Hadjeri, Samir;Sicard, Pierre
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.129-139
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    • 2010
  • To be satisfied with complex load condition of electric vehicle, fuzzy logic control (FLC) is applied to improve speed response and system robust performance of induction traction machine based on indirect rotor field orientation control. The proposed propulsion system consists of two induction motors (IM) that ensure the drive of the two back driving wheels of lightweight electric vehicle by means the vehicle used for passenger transportation. The electronic differential system ensures the robust control of the vehicle behavior on the road. It also allows controlling, independently, every driving wheel to turn at different speeds in any curve. Our electric vehicle fuzzy inference system control's simulated in Matlab SIMULINK environment, the results obtained present the efficiency and the robustness of the proposed control with good performances compared with the traditional PI speed control, the FLC induction traction machine presents not only good steady characteristic, but with no overshoot too.

Parametric Study of Curved Guideways for Urban Maglev Vehicle (도시형 자기부상열차의 곡선 가이드웨이 매개변수 연구)

  • Han, Jong-Boo;Kim, Ki-Jung;Han, Hyung-Suk;Kim, Sung-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.329-335
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    • 2014
  • A maglev vehicle of middle-low speed subjected to both a lift force and a guidance force by a U-shaped single electromagnet is operated over a curved guideway without a guidance controller. Therefore, it is required to carefully decide the curve shape for preventing contact between the vehicle and the guiderail for the case that a Maglev vehicle is operated over a curved guideway with a small radius. Specifically, the shape of the transition curve is very important from the stability viewpoint. This study analyzes the influence of curve shape on maglev stability through parametric composition of the transition curve during vehicle guidance. To this end, a multibody dynamics-based threedimensional Maglev vehicle model was developed. The model was integrated with the vehicle, curved guideway, electromagnets, and their controllers. Using this model, a realistic parametric study including the curved guideway was carried out. The results of research should be considered usefully in the design of bogies and the curve shape.

Stability Research on Aerodynamic Configuration Design and Trajectory Analysis for Low Altitude Subsonic Unmanned Air Vehicle

  • Rafique, Amer Farhan;He, LinShu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.690-699
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    • 2008
  • In this paper a conventional approach for design and analysis of subsonic air vehicle is used. First of all subsonic aerodynamic coefficients are calculated using Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) tools and then wind-tunnel model was developed that integrates vehicle components including control surfaces and initial data is validated as well as refined to enhance aerodynamic efficiency of control surfaces. Experimental data and limited computational fluid dynamics solutions were obtained over a Mach number range of 0.5 to 0.8. The experimental data show the component build-up effects and the aerodynamic characteristics of the fully integrated configurations, including control surface effectiveness. The aerodynamic performance of the fully integrated configurations is comparable to previously tested subsonic vehicle models. Mathematical model of the dynamic equations in 6-Degree of Freedom(DOF) is then simulated using MATLAB/SIMULINK to simulate trajectory of vehicle. Effect of altitude on range, Mach no and stability is also shown. The approach presented here is suitable enough for preliminary conceptual design. The trajectory evaluation method devised accurately predicted the performance for the air vehicle studied. Formulas for the aerodynamic coefficients for this model are constructed to include the effects of several different aspects contributing to the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle. Characteristic parameter values of the model are compared with those found in a different set of similar air vehicle simulations. We execute a set of example problems which solve the dynamic equations to find the aircraft trajectory given specified control inputs.

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Longitudinal Flight Dynamic Modeling and Stability Analysis of Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicles (날갯짓 비행 로봇의 세로방향 비행 동역학 모델링 및 안정성 해석)

  • Kim, Joong-Kwan;Han, Jong-Seob;Kim, Ho-Young;Han, Jae-Hung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2015
  • This paper investigates the longitudinal flight dynamics and stability of flapping-wing micro air vehicles. Periodic external forces and moments due to the flapping motion characterize the dynamics of this system as NLTP (Non Linear Time Periodic). However, the averaging theorem can be applied to an NLTP system to obtain an NLTI (Non Linear Time Invariant) system which allows us to use a standard eigen value analysis to assess the stability of the system with linearization around a reference point. In this paper, we investigate the dynamics and stability of a hawkmoth-scale flapping-wing air vehicle by establishing an LTI (Linear Time Invariant) system model around a hovering condition. Also, a direct time integration of full nonlinear equations of motion of the flapping-wing micro air vehicle is conducted to see how the longitudinal flight dynamics appear in the time domain beyond the reference point, i.e. hovering condition. In the study, the flapping-wing air vehicle exhibited three distinct dynamic modes of motion in the longitudinal plane of motion: two stable subsidence modes and one unstable oscillatory mode. The unstable oscillatory mode is found to be a combination of a pitching velocity state and a forward/backward velocity state.

Stability and Safety Analysis on the Next Generation High-Speed Railway Vehicle (차세대 고속철도의 안정성 및 안전성 해석)

  • Cho, Jae-Ik;Park, Tae-Won;Yoon, Ji-Won;Kim, Ji-Young;Kim, Young-Guk
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2010
  • In this work, the stability and safety analysis are carried out to predict the performance of a next generation high-speed railway vehicle (HEMU-400X). Since the safety of the high-speed railway vehicles is very important, it is meaningful to predict the dynamic performance and stability of the railway vehicles using a numerical model at a railway vehicle design step. The critical speed of the dynamic model depending on the conicity of the wheel is calculated in the stability analysis. The critical speed calculated in this analysis is over 400km/h for the conicity value of 0.15, which is determined on the basis of representative international standard, UIC 518. Also, the lateral and vertical accelerations at several points of the same dynamic model are calculated for the safety analysis. In the simulation, the dynamic model runs at the test speed of 440km/h, which is determined considering a maximum target speed, and the total driving distance is 30km. And those estimated values are less than the allowed maximum acceleration values of UIC 518.

A Fatigue Stability Study of an Existing Bridge Due to Vehicle Load Direction Change (차량 하중 방향 변경에 의한 기존교량의 피로안정성 연구)

  • Yi, Gyu-Sei;Lee, Sung-Yol
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.10 no.8
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    • pp.2062-2067
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    • 2009
  • During a construction of a road, a temporary bridge is often connected to a existing bridge. In this case, a fatigue stability problem, which was not considered in the design of the bridge, can be occurred in the main girder of the existing bridge due to the vehicle load direction change. In this study, the fatigue stability of the main girder and cantilever slab of the bridge was tested with the allowable fatigue stress of the design specifications of the road bridge. The big stress change was occurred at 55m away from the support, and the middle of the span. Furthermore, the excess of the allowable fatigue stress of the design specifications of the road bridge was confirmed at the cross section. The bridge after the reinforcement was tested for the fatigue stability, and it was confirmed that the bridge is safe.