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Automotive Engineering ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (7): 962-970.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2021.07.002

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Two⁃dimensional Tracking Control Algorithm for Vehicle Platoon Based on Reference Vector Field

Yang Liu1,Changfu Zong1,Hongyu Zheng1,Xiaojian Han1,Dong Zhang2(),Kaku Chuyo3   

  1. 1.Jilin University,State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control,Changchun 130022
    2.School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Nanyang Technological University,639798,Singapore
    3.Jiangsu Chaoli Electric Manufacture Co. ,Ltd. ,Danyang 212321
  • Received:2020-11-16 Revised:2021-01-27 Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-07-20
  • Contact: Dong Zhang E-mail:dr_dongzhang@outlook.com

Abstract:

When the operation scene of the vehicle platoon extends from 1D to 2D, a significant coupling effect will appear between the longitudinal spacing maintenance and lateral tracking control. In high speed conditions, the ignorance of the coupling effect will lead to large tracking error and even instability. To solve this problem, a longitudinal and lateral coupling tracking control algorithm for vehicle platoon is proposed in this paper. By constructing a reference vector field based on the longitudinal spacing and lateral reference trajectory, the desired velocity vector can be obtained, and the Hamiltonian function is used to calculate the desired total forces and total moment the upper?layer motion controller of vehicle required; Meanwhile, a pseudo?inverse matrix?based control allocation algorithm is put forward to distribute the desired total forces and total moment to each wheel under constrained physical environment, enhancing the real time performance while ensuring allocation accuracy. The results of simulation and experiment show that the longitudinal and lateral coupling tracking control algorithm proposed can effectively fulfill the movement control of vehicle platoon under 2D scenes, achieving the safe, high efficient cooperated driving of vehicle platoon.

Key words: vehicle platoon, two?dimensional scene, reference vector field, Hamilton function, tracking control algorithm