Differential Drive Based Cooperate Steering Control Strategy Considering Energy Efficiency for Multi-axle Distributed Vehicle

  • Yonghua Wu*
  • , Junqiu Li
  • , Weichen Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This chapter presents a differential drive based cooperate steering control strategy considering energy efficiency for multi-axle distributed drive vehicle. Apart from used as a fault-tolerant control method of Steer-by-Wire (SBW) system to keep stability and performance of the vehicle, the differential drive steer (DDS) can also be combined with SBW by reasonable torque allocation with considering the efficiency distribution of drive motors during normal driving. Firstly, the dynamic models of multi-axle vehicle including the front SBW system are established. Then, the upper layer path follow controller is designed based on model predictive control (MPC) with measurable disturbance to obtain the generalized steer torque. According the drive motor efficiency map, the lower layer steer axles optimal torque allocation strategy is proposed to balance the contribution of SBW motor torque and differential torque. Finally, the strategy is validated through close-loop simulation in MATLAB/Simulink. The result shows that the proposed strategy can adaptively adjust differential torque of steer axles and SBW motor torque to track the target path with better energy efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Energy Storage and Intelligent Vehicles, ICEIV 2022
EditorsFengchun Sun, Qingxin Yang, Erik Dahlquist, Rui Xiong
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1256-1265
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819910267
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event5th International Conference on Energy Storage and Intelligent Vehicles, ICEIV 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 3 Dec 20224 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1016 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Energy Storage and Intelligent Vehicles, ICEIV 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period3/12/224/12/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Cooperate steering control
  • Differential drive steer
  • Distributed vehicle
  • Model predictive control

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