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Journal of Automotive Safety and Energy ›› 2023, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (2): 212-223.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2023.02.008

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Stability control of distributed drive electric vehicles based on the nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (NFTSMC)

ZHANG Yixi1(), ZHAO Xuan2,3,*(), MA Jian2,3, WANG Xinglu1, HU Yueqi1   

  1. 1. School of Vehicle Engineering, Xi’an Aeronautical Institute, Xi’an 710077, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Transportation Industry of Automotive Transportation Safety Enhancement Technology, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
    3. School of Automobile, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
  • Received:2022-09-04 Revised:2022-12-13 Online:2023-04-30 Published:2023-04-27
  • Contact: ZHAO Xuan E-mail:zyixixixi@163.com;zhaoxuan@chd.edu.cn

Abstract:

A direct yaw moment control strategy with a three-layers structure was proposed to improve the stability of distributed drive electric vehicles for extreme conditions. The top controller was designed to resolve the desired driving state value of the driver. The additional yaw moment required of the vehicle was determined in the upper controller by utilizing the nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control (NFTSMC). To maximize the vehicle stability margin, the low controller was designed to optimal assign torque to four wheels by using the weighted least square method, which synchronously considered the motor output capability, road adhesion limitation, and the coupling relationship between the longitudinal and lateral tire forces. The simulation experiments were carried out on the MATLAB/Simulink and Carsim platform. The results show that when the vehicle speed is 70 km/h, the maximum tracking error of side slip angle decreases by 66.7% and 45.8%, and the root mean square error decreases by 64.8% and 56.4%, respectively, compared with the sliding mode control, Which shows that this strategy can improve the expected state tracking accuracy and improve the stability of the vehicle in the extreme conditions.

Key words: distributed drive electric vehicle, direct yaw moment control, nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control(NFTSMC), torque optimization distribution

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