Coordinated control of the brake control system and the driveline control system

The behavior of a vehicle is strongly influenced by the distribution of driving and braking torques in four wheels. Therefore, traction and stability characteristics of a vehicle can be controlled by the controlling driveline and the braking torques. However, independent and uncoordinated control of the brake and driveline control system can harm the vehicle performance due to the interference between two devices. So, the vehicle equipped with both the brake control system and the driveline control system requires a coordinated control of both systems to reduce the bad interference and to maximize vehicle performance. This paper presents the procedure of the coordinated control design of the brake and driveline control systems. The 2 degree of freedom (DOF) vehicle model and the driveline model including torque biasing devices are developed. Each control algorithm for the ESP and the coupling (the target torque biasing device) are developed based on the models. Finally, the coordinated control is designed to maximize the yaw stability of the vehicle. The developed models and the control algorithms are programmed using Matlab/Simulink and verified by co-simulation with a commercial vehicle simulation tool, CarSim.