Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.

The purpose of this paper is to study the control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicles. The so-called differential steering means that the front wheel steering is realized through the differential driving torque between the left and right front wheels. With the consider...

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Main Authors: Jie Tian, Mingfei Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285485&type=printable
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Mingfei Yang
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Mingfei Yang
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description The purpose of this paper is to study the control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicles. The so-called differential steering means that the front wheel steering is realized through the differential driving torque between the left and right front wheels. With the consideration of tire friction circle, a hierarchical control method is proposed to realize the differential steering and the constant longitudinal speed simultaneously. Firstly, the dynamic models of the front wheel differential steering vehicle, the front wheel differential steering system and the reference vehicle are established. Secondly, the hierarchical controller is designed. The upper controller is to obtain the resultant forces and resultant torque required by the front wheel differential steering vehicle tracking the reference model through the sliding mode controller. In the middle controller, the minimum tire load ratio is selected as the objective function. Combined with the constraints, the resultant forces and resultant torque are decomposed into the longitudinal and lateral forces of four wheels by the quadratic programming method. The lower controller provides the required longitudinal forces and tire sideslip angles for the front wheel differential steering vehicle model through the tire inverse model and the longitudinal force superposition scheme. Simulation results show that the hierarchical controller can guarantee the vehicle to track the reference model well on both of the high and low adhesion coefficient road with all of the tire load ratios smaller than 1. It can be drawn that the control strategy proposed in this paper is effective.
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spelling doaj.art-5cbd49a54f404bccacf8dd8f256ea4872023-10-12T05:31:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01186e028548510.1371/journal.pone.0285485Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.Jie TianMingfei YangThe purpose of this paper is to study the control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicles. The so-called differential steering means that the front wheel steering is realized through the differential driving torque between the left and right front wheels. With the consideration of tire friction circle, a hierarchical control method is proposed to realize the differential steering and the constant longitudinal speed simultaneously. Firstly, the dynamic models of the front wheel differential steering vehicle, the front wheel differential steering system and the reference vehicle are established. Secondly, the hierarchical controller is designed. The upper controller is to obtain the resultant forces and resultant torque required by the front wheel differential steering vehicle tracking the reference model through the sliding mode controller. In the middle controller, the minimum tire load ratio is selected as the objective function. Combined with the constraints, the resultant forces and resultant torque are decomposed into the longitudinal and lateral forces of four wheels by the quadratic programming method. The lower controller provides the required longitudinal forces and tire sideslip angles for the front wheel differential steering vehicle model through the tire inverse model and the longitudinal force superposition scheme. Simulation results show that the hierarchical controller can guarantee the vehicle to track the reference model well on both of the high and low adhesion coefficient road with all of the tire load ratios smaller than 1. It can be drawn that the control strategy proposed in this paper is effective.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285485&type=printable
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Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
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title Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
title_full Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
title_fullStr Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
title_full_unstemmed Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
title_short Hierarchical control of differential steering for four-in-wheel-motor electric vehicle.
title_sort hierarchical control of differential steering for four in wheel motor electric vehicle
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0285485&type=printable
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