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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2014, Vol. 15 Issue (9): 681-693    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1400101
Mechanical and Civil Engineering     
A terminal sliding mode based torque distribution control for an individual-wheel-drive vehicle
Pan Song, Chang-fu Zong, Masayoshi Tomizuka
State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Abstract  This paper presents a torque distribution method for an individual-wheel drive vehicle, in which each wheel is controlled individually by its own electric motor. The terminal sliding mode technique is employed for the motion control so as to track the desired vehicle motion obtained by interpreting the driver’s commands. Thus, finite-time convergence of the system’s dynamic errors can be achieved on the terminal sliding manifolds, as compared to the well-used linear sliding surface. By considering nonlinear constraints of the tire adhesive limits, a simple yet effective distribution strategy is introduced to allocate the motion control efforts to each of the four wheels. Through the use of a high-fidelity CarSim full-vehicle model, vehicle stability and handling performance of the proposed controller is evaluated in both open- and closed-loop simulations.

Key wordsVehicle dynamics      Integrated control      Driver model      Sliding mode control      Control allocation     
Received: 16 April 2014      Published: 04 June 2014
CLC:  U461.1  
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Pan Song, Chang-fu Zong, Masayoshi Tomizuka. A terminal sliding mode based torque distribution control for an individual-wheel-drive vehicle. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2014, 15(9): 681-693.

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