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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 153-161.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.02.001

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Longitudinal and Lateral Comprehensive Trajectory Tracking Control of Intelligent Vehicles Based on NMPC

Long Chen1,Kai Zou2,Yingfeng Cai1(),Chenglong Teng2,Xiaoqiang Sun1,Hai Wang2   

  1. 1.Automotive Engineering Research Institute,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
    2.School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212013
  • Received:2020-04-22 Revised:2020-07-08 Online:2021-02-25 Published:2021-03-04
  • Contact: Yingfeng Cai E-mail:caicaixiao0304@126.com

Abstract:

Aiming at the lowering of the trajectory tracking accuracy and stability caused by the coupling of longitudinal and lateral dynamic characteristics and the dynamic constraints of intelligent vehicles under large?curvature turning conditions, a longitudinal and lateral comprehensive trajectory tracking control method based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is proposed in this paper. Through the effective combination of NMPC and barrier (function) method (BM), the tracking accuracy and driving stability are improved. Firstly, a dynamics model for a four?wheel drive and front wheel steering vehicle and its trajectory tracking model are established and the NMPC is adopted to calculate the desired longitudinal force, lateral force and yaw moment. Then a nonlinear programming mathematical model with constraints is constructed based on tire dynamics model and the BM is used to solve out the optimal distribution of the tire forces of four?wheels, and finally the longitudinal and lateral comprehensive trajectory tracking control for a four?wheel drive intelligent vehicle is achieved. In the end, a Carsim and Simulink joint simulation is conducted with a result showing that compared with the traditional preview PID control, the method proposed can significantly improve the tracking accuracy and driving stability with consideration of the coupling between longitudinal and lateral dynamics characteristics.

Key words: intelligent vehicles, trajectory tracking, nonlinear model predictive control, barrier method