Active rectifying control of vehicle with tire blowout based on adaptive fuzzy proportional–integral–derivative control

Sheng Lu,Zhi Cao,Xiang Chen,Yang Xiao,Ying Ma,Taixiong Zheng,Majun Lian

doi:10.1177/1687814019835108

Abstract

To avoid casualties and economic loss caused by vehicle yawing motion during the tire blowout, first, by changing several key parameters of the characteristics, this article uses CarSim software and MATLAB/Simulink to establish a vehicle model of tire blowout based on the UniTire model. This model is implemented to simulate tire blowout caused by the change of the vehicle motion state. Second, considering the driver error and radical-operated steering wheel after tire blowout leads to runaway car problems. This article takes the target trajectory and actual trajectory of error and error rate as the system input; an adaptive fuzzy proportional–integral–derivative controller is designed to determine the vehicle steering wheel angle during the tire blowout and replace the driver to control the direction of the vehicle. The results indicate that the designed controller is capable of ensuring the vehicle constancy and keeping the vehicle on the original track.

Highlights

The majority of traffic accidents are caused by tire blowout
According to the statistics from the Ministry of Public Security, tire blowout is responsible for almost 70% of major highway traffic accidents and this proportion has reached up to 80% in the United States.[1]
The changes in the tire characteristic parameters are the direct cause of the vehicle motion

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Introduction

The majority of traffic accidents are caused by tire blowout. According to the statistics from the Ministry of Public Security, tire blowout is responsible for almost 70% of major highway traffic accidents and this proportion has reached up to 80% in the United States.[1] When puncture occurs, serious damage could happen to the vehicles and drivers if correct measures are not taken. Puncture is a process during which the tire loses pressure due to rupture in a fraction of a second (generally less than 0.1 s). Short duration, and unpredictability, the vehicle tends to yaw if no measure is taken under the condition that one side of the vehicle has a flat tire.

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