C2VC - Complete combination vehicle control with automated reconfiguration when connecting vehicle units
Research Project, 2017
– 2019
Research Motivating Problem:
Long combination vehicles are efficient on the large roads, but limited on bridges, tight curves and terminals. Also, the vehicle control is not optimized for each different set of towed units.
Envisioned outcome:
A vehicle control which reconfigures when the set of towed units are changed.
Research questions:
•How should a reconfigurable Vehicle Motion Function Architecture look?
•How can Vehicle Motion Control be generalized/parameterized so that it can handle various set of towed units?
Deliverables:
•Sharing a Vehicle Motion Function Architecture by academic publications.
•Demonstration in simulation.
•Demonstration in real A-double which configures automatically to Tractor-Semi and Dolly-Semi. (Using a propelled dolly.)
•Knowledge sharing between industry and academy
Participants
Jonas Fredriksson (contact)
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control
Bengt J H Jacobson
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems
Leo Laine
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems
Collaborations
Volvo Group
Gothenburg, Sweden
Funding
VINNOVA
Project ID: 2016-05484
Funding Chalmers participation during 2017–2018
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Transport
Areas of Advance
ReVeRe (Research Vehicle Resource)
Infrastructure