Vehicle stability improvement based on MFC independently installed on 4 Wheels-basic experiments using "UOT Electric March II"

Author

Okano, Takahiro ; Hwa, Tai Chien ; Inoue, Tomoko ; Uchida, Toshiyuki ; Sakai, Shin-Ichiro ; Hori, Yoichi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

582

Abstract

The focus of the authors´ research is on exploiting the excellent control characteristics of the electric motor in realizing advanced vehicle motion control. To this end, they have built an electric vehicle (EV) fitted with 4 in-wheel motors. Rapid independent torque control of each motor is realised through a real-time operating system. With this vehicle, the authors performed experiments to verify control methods which they have formulated, e.g., model following control (MFC). The detection of road conditions and wheel-skid are also planned. All these new techniques are possible only on the EV due to its rapid and accurate torque response

Keywords

braking; control system synthesis; electric vehicles; machine control; machine testing; machine theory; model reference adaptive control systems; motion control; stability; torque control; traction motors; anti-lock braking system; control design; direct yaw moment control; electric vehicle; model following control; motion control; rapid independent torque control; real-time operating system; vehicle stability improvement; Automobiles; Control systems; Electric motors; Electric vehicles; Engines; Motion control; Roads; Stability; Torque; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Conversion Conference, 2002. PCC-Osaka 2002. Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7156-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCC.2002.997582

Filename

997582