Chassis integrated control for active suspension, active front steering and direct yaw moment systems using hierarchical strategy
- 21 October 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Vehicle System Dynamics
- Vol. 55 (1), 72-103
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2016.1245424
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel integrated controller with three-layer hierarchical structure to coordinate the interactions among active suspension system (ASS), active front steering (AFS) and direct yaw moment control (DYC). First of all, a 14-degree-of-freedom nonlinear vehicle dynamic model is constructed. Then, an upper layer is designed to calculate the total corrected moment for ASS and intermediate layer based on linear moment distribution. By considering the working regions of the AFS and DYC, the intermediate layer is functionalised to determine the trigger signal for the lower layer with corresponding weights. The lower layer is utilised to separately trace the desired value of each local controller and achieve the local control objectives of each subsystem. Simulation results show that the proposed three-layer hierarchical structure is effective in handling the working region of the AFS and DYC, while the quasi-experimental result shows that the proposed integrated controller is able to improve the lateral and vertical dynamics of the vehicle effectively as compared with a conventional electronic stability controller.Keywords
Funding Information
- University of Macau Research (MYRG077(Y1-L2)-FST13-WPK, MYRG2014-00058-FST, MYRG2014-00074-FST, MYRG2016-00212-FST)
- University of Macau Research Grant (MYRG077(Y1-L2)-FST13-WPK, MYRG2014-00058-FST and M)
- Science and Technology Development Fund of Macau S.A.R (012/2015/A)
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