Pivot point-based control for active rear-wheel steering in passenger vehicles

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Beitragende

  • Steffen Wagner - , Daimler AG (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Weiskircher - , Daimler AG (Autor:in)
  • Dieter Ammon - , Daimler AG (Autor:in)
  • Guenther Prokop - , Professur für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik (Autor:in)

Abstract

This paper presents a new application of active rear-wheel steering control to improve the lateral vehicle behaviour. In the state of the art, yaw or lateral velocity is used as control variable that means one degree of freedom being not directly controlled. A worse subjective impressions due to movements in the rear end of the vehicle during strong counter-steering are a consequence. To avoid this effect in urban surroundings, an innovative structure to control the pivot point distance of the vehicle is proposed. In this case the coupled elementary states yaw and lateral velocity can be influenced based on a higher level criteria. Analysis show that pivot point fixing provides a comprehensible reference behaviour. Solving the issue of singularity during disappearing yaw movement is the basis to design a performant modified feedforward input-output linearisation. An analytic stability analysis of the internal dynamics shows system immanent limitations which do not influence the target of improving the lateral vehicle dynamics in urban manoeuvres. Finally, the advantages of pivot-based control are highlighted by a comparison with state of the art rear axle control.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1139-1161
Seitenumfang23
FachzeitschriftVehicle System Dynamics
Jahrgang56
Ausgabenummer8
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 29 Nov. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85035316508
ORCID /0000-0002-0679-0766/work/141545001

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Lateral vehicle dynamics, active steering systems, pivot point control, exact input-output linearisation, FEEDFORWARD CONTROL, DYNAMICS, DESIGN