Validation of high-fidelity simulation-based safe operating envelopes for articulated heavy vehicles using real test data
Journal article, 2024
The electrification of towing and trailing units creates new torque allocation alternatives among different units of articulated heavy vehicles. To increase the power and energy efficiency, control algorithms can request propulsion or regenerative braking from a single unit while keeping the other units unbraked or unpropelled. However, this may lead to safety problems, such as jackknifing or trailer swing. This paper uses a high-fidelity simulation tool to formulate safe operating envelopes for a tractor and semitrailer combination for braking-in-turn cases. The effects of different vehicle and environment parameters on the safe operating envelope are studied. The safe operating envelope obtained is then validated using real vehicle tests and can be used with any control algorithm to avoid requesting unsafe unit force combinations.
trailer swing
safe operating envelope
jackknifing
Yaw instability
articulated heavy vehicle
electric vehicle
combination spin-out
Author
Umur Erdinc
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems
Volvo Group
Mats Jonasson
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems
Maliheh Sadeghi Kati
Volvo Group
Bengt J H Jacobson
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems
Jonas Fredriksson
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control
Leo Laine
Volvo Group
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2)
Vehicle System Dynamics
0042-3114 (ISSN) 1744-5159 (eISSN)
Vol. In PressDistributed Motion Control for Multi-Trailer Vehicles
FFI - Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation (2020-05144), 2021-04-01 -- 2024-03-31.
Subject Categories
Other Mechanical Engineering
Control Engineering
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Areas of Advance
Transport
Infrastructure
ReVeRe (Research Vehicle Resource)
DOI
10.1080/00423114.2023.2296595