An investigation of intelligent cruise control laws for passenger vehicles

2001 ◽  
Vol 215 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Yi ◽  
S Lee ◽  
Y D Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Solenoid Valve ◽  
Step Motor ◽  
Control Performance ◽  
Cruise Control ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Millimetre Wave ◽  
Passenger Vehicles ◽  
System A ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Non Linear

This paper describes intelligent cruise control (ICC) laws for passenger vehicles. ICC systems consist of a vehicle detection sensor, a controller and throttle/brake actuators. For the control of a throttle/brake system, a solenoid valve controlled electronic vacuum booster (EVB) and a step motor controlled throttle actuator have been used. A non-linear computer model for the electronic vacuum booster has been developed and the simulations were performed using a complete non-linear vehicle model. The proposed control law in this paper consists of an algorithm that generates the desired acceleration/deceleration profile in an ICC situation, a throttle/brake switching logic and a throttle/brake control algorithm. The control performance has been investigated through computer simulations and vehicle tests. The test vehicle is equipped with a millimetre wave radar distance sensor, an Intel 80C196 controller, a solenoid valve controlled EVB and a step motor controlled throttle actuator. The results indicate that the proposed throttle/brake control laws can provide satisfactory vehicle-to-vehicle distance and velocity control performance.

Implementation and vehicle tests of a vehicle stop-and-go cruise control system

2002 ◽  
Vol 216 (7) ◽  
pp. 537-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Yi ◽  
N Ryu ◽  
H J Yoon ◽  
K Huh ◽  
D Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Control Algorithm ◽  
Speed Control ◽  
Step Motor ◽  
Cruise Control ◽  
Longitudinal Control ◽  
Linear Quadratic Optimal Control ◽  
Millimetre Wave ◽  
Stop And Go ◽  
Wave Radar

Implementation and vehicle tests of a vehicle longitudinal control algorithm for stop-and-go cruise control have been performed. The vehicle longitudinal control scheme consists of a set-speed control algorithm, a speed control algorithm, and a distance control algorithm. A desired acceleration for the vehicle for the control of vehicle-to-vehicle relative speed and clearance has been designed using linear quadratic optimal control theory. Performance of the control algorithm has been investigated via vehicle tests. Vehicle tests have been conducted using two test vehicles. A 2000 cm3 passenger car equipped with a radar distance sensor, throttle/brake actuators and a controller has been used as a subject vehicle in the vehicle tests. A millimetre wave radar sensor has been used for distance measurement. A step motor and an electronic vacuum booster have been used for throttle/brake actuators. It has been shown that the implemented vehicle longitudinal control system can provide satisfactory performance in vehicle set-speed control and vehicle clearance control at lower speeds.

Researches on Adaptive Cruise Control system: A state of the art review

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440702110192
Author(s):  
Liangyao Yu ◽  
Ruyue Wang
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Cruise Control ◽  
Driving Safety ◽  
Cruise Control ◽  
Driver Assistance Systems ◽  
Human Machine Interaction ◽  
System A ◽  
Cruise Control System ◽  
Preceding Vehicle ◽  
Energy Economy ◽  
Machine Interaction

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) is one of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) which takes over vehicle longitudinal control under necessary driving scenarios. Vehicle in ACC mode automatically adjusts speed to follow the preceding vehicle based on evaluation of the surrounding traffic. ACC reduces drivers’ workload as well as improves driving safety, energy economy, and traffic flow. This article provides a comprehensive review of the researches on ACC. Firstly, an overview of ACC controller and applied control theories are introduced. Their principles and performances are discussed. Secondly, several application cases of ACC control algorithms are presented. Then validation work including simulation, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) test and on-road experiment is descripted to provide ideas for testing ACC systems for different aims and fidelities. In addition, studies on human-machine interaction are also summarized in this review to provide insights on development of ACC from the perspective of users. At last, challenges and potential directions in this field is discussed, including consideration of vehicle dynamics properties, contradiction between algorithm performance and computation as well as integration of ACC to other intelligent functions on vehicles.

Position Control of Hydraulic Actuators Using Fuzzy Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

2015 ◽  
Vol 735 ◽  
pp. 294-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ying Lai ◽  
Nurfarahin Onn ◽  
Collin Howe Hing Tang ◽  
Mohamed Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Pulse Width ◽  
Pulse Width Modulation ◽  
Solenoid Valve ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Hydraulic Actuators ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Approach ◽  
Logic Approach ◽  
Non Linear System

Hydraulic actuators are widely employed for industrial automation for its high power over weight ratio, functionality in tough operating conditions and low cost. However, the dynamics of hydraulic systems are non-linear and the system subjected to non-smooth and discontinuous non-linearities due to directional change of valve opening, friction, valve overlap and changes of hydraulic pressure acted on valve spool. Taking into account the effect of nonlinear parameter variations such as bulk modulus, compressibility of oil or viscosity of oil, fuzzy logic approach is chosen. Fuzzy control can adapt the inconstant working condition and non-linear system alongside of its robustness. For PWM controlled hydraulic component such as solenoid valve, effective approximation of the flow properties in a solenoid valve is essential. In this paper, the effect of fuzzy logic approach incorporated on pulse width modulation (PWM) controlled hydraulic system is to be investigated and experimentally verified.

Scheduling Strategy of Multiple Semi-Active Controllers With Information on the Disturbance and the Structural Response

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko Hiramoto ◽  
Taichi Matsuoka ◽  
Katsuaki Sunakoda
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Control ◽  
Control System ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Control Law ◽  
Control Performance ◽  
Multiple Control ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Scheduling Strategy

A scheduling strategy of multiple semi-active control laws for various earthquake disturbances is proposed to maximize the control performance. Generally, the semi-active controller for a given structural system is designed as a single control law and the single control law is used for all the forthcoming earthquake disturbances. It means that the general semi-active control should be designed to achieve a certain degree of the control performance for all the assumed disturbances with various time and/or frequency characteristics. Such requirement on the performance robustness becomes a constraint to obtain the optimal control performance. We propose a scheduling strategy of multiple semi-active control laws. Each semi-active control law is designed to achieve the optimal performance for a single earthquake disturbance. Such optimal control laws are scheduled with the available data in the control system. As the scheduling mechanism of the multiple control laws, a command signal generator (CSG) is defined in the control system. An artificial neural network (ANN) is adopted as the CSG. The ANN-based CSG works as an interpolator of the multiple control laws. Design parameters in the CSG are optimized with the genetic algorithm (GA). Simulation study shows the effectiveness of the approach.

A non-linear disturbance observer-based cooperative adaptive cruise control for real traffic scenarios

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440702110518
Author(s):  
Jaswandi Sawant ◽  
Uttam Chaskar
Keyword(s):  
Disturbance Observer ◽  
Adaptive Cruise Control ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Control Input ◽  
Highway Traffic ◽  
Cruise Control ◽  
Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Linear Disturbance ◽  
Real Traffic

Cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) has a strong potential to improvise highway traffic capacity and ease traffic disturbances. Extensive exploration is not carried out in the area of CACC for a cut-in maneuver. Contemporary control strategies proposed for CACC cannot regulate the peaking of control input and thus the acceleration/deceleration of following vehicles when applied for various real traffic scenarios. This paper aims to develop a non-linear disturbance observer-based sliding mode control to control a CACC system for various traffic scenarios. The proposed observer estimates the uncertainty present in the actuator dynamics and the preceding vehicle’s acceleration as the lumped disturbance at the same time, it adjusts the observer gain to alleviate the peaking of control input. The stability of individual vehicles and the string stability of vehicle platoon are derived The performance of the proposed scheme is validated with various traffic scenarios, that is, cut-in maneuver, cut-out maneuver, and non-zero initial conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is demonstrated by comparing it with a linear disturbance observer-based control.

scholarly journals Low-Complexity Decentralized Active Damping of One-Dimensional Structures

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Petr Hušek ◽  
Filip Svoboda ◽  
Martin Hromčík ◽  
Zbyněk Šika
Keyword(s):  
Damping Ratio ◽  
Stability Margin ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Active Damping ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Control Performance ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
H Infinity ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Mu Synthesis

In the paper, we propose distributed feedback control laws for active damping of one-dimensional mechanical structures equipped with dense arrays of force actuators and position and velocity sensors. We consider proportional position and velocity feedback from the neighboring nodes with symmetric gains. Achievable control performance with respect to stability margin and damping ratio is discussed. Compared to full-featured complex controllers obtained by modern design methods like LQG, H-infinity, or mu-synthesis, these simplistic controllers are more suitable for experimental fine tuning and are less case-dependent, and they shall be easier to implement on the target future smart-material platforms.

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