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Automotive Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (9): 1065-1072.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2019.09.012

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An Analysis on the Effects of Tire Nonlinearity on Autonomous Platoon Stability

Li Ling1, Yao Xigui1 & Shi Shuming2   

  1. 1.College of Mechanical Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo 315336;
    2.College of Transportation, Jilin University, Changchun 130022
  • Received:2018-07-31 Revised:2018-09-28 Online:2019-09-25 Published:2019-10-12

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that existing autonomous platoon model cannot reflect the effects of tire nonlinearity on the stability of vehicle, a 5 DOF (the longitudinal and lateral speeds and yaw rate of vehicle and the rotational angular speeds of front and rear wheels) vehicle model is utilized, combined with linear and nonlinear tire models respectively to analyze the dynamics characteristics and stability of autonomous platoon system. The results show that the nonlinearity of tires significantly affects the stability of autonomous platoon system in high-speed following driving and leads to the instability of the following vehicles.

Key words: 5-DOF vehicle model, autonomous platoon system, nonlinear tire model, following controller, vehicle stability