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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 899-908.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.06.014

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Research on Active Returnability Control for Electro⁃hydraulic Coupling Steering System of Commercial Vehicles

Guoqing Geng1(),Hao Li1,Haobin Jiang1,Jie Chen2,Bin Tang1   

  1. 1.Department of Automotive and Traffic Engineering,Jiangsu University,Zhenjiang 212000
    2.Jiangsu Gangyang Steering System Co. ,Ltd. ,Taizhou 225318
  • Received:2020-11-20 Revised:2021-01-10 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-06-29
  • Contact: Guoqing Geng E-mail:ggq@ujs.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the problem of under?return at low speed and over?return at high speed of commercial vehicle with traditional hydraulically assisted steering system, a nonlinear sliding mode controller with associated control of vehicle’s mass?center sideslip angle and yaw rate is designed based on electro?hydraulic coupling steering system, with concurrent consideration of the effects of load transfer, road condition and tire’s nonlinearity on returnability. In view of the difficulties in obtaining some state variables of control algorithm and directly measuring road adhesive coefficient, which affects the return stability of steering wheel, the unscented Kalman filter observer is utilized as sliding mode controller to dynamically estimate vehicle state information and road adhesive coefficient, and the differences between the observed value and the desired value of mass?center sideslip angle and yaw rate are taken as the input of the control system to find out the required angle correction for returnability control. Finally, simulations with Trucksim and Matlab/Simulink and steering bench tests are conducted on the retrunability performance of steering wheel under different conditions, and the results show that the active returnability control strategy proposed can effectively enhance the stability and control accuracy of steering wheel returnability.

Key words: commercial vehicle, electro?hydraulic coupling steering system, UKF observer, sliding mode control