Abstract
As under-constrained systems, four-wheel-independent-drive (4WID) electric vehicles have more driving degrees of freedom. In this context, reasonable control and distribution of driving or braking torque to each wheel is extremely important from the vehicle safety perspective. However, it is difficult to provide the optimal wheel torque because of the time-varying characteristics and typical over-actuated nature of the system. In light of these challenges, a novel hierarchical control scheme comprising a top- and bottom-level controller is proposed herein. First, for the top-level controller, a time-varying model-predictive-control (TV-MPC) controller is designed based on an extended 3-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) reference vehicle model. The total driving force and additional yaw moment can be obtained using the TV-MPC. Second, for the bottom-level controller, the torque expression of each wheel is determined using the equal-adhesion-rate-rule -based algorithm. The co-simulation results obtained herein indicate that the proposed control scheme can effectively improve vehicle safety.
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