• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.139-147
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• 2004

The purpose of engine control TCS is to regulate engine torque to keep driven wheel slip in a desired range. In this paper, engine control TCS using sliding mode control law based on engine model and estimated load torque is proposed. This system includes a two-level controller. Slip controller calculates desired wheel torque, and engine torque controller determines throttle angle for engine torque corresponding to desired wheel torque. Another issue is to measure load torque for model based controller design. Luenberger observer with state variables of load torque and engine speed solves this problem as estimating load torque. The performance of controller and observer is certificated by simulation using 8-degree vehicle model, Pacejka tire model, and 2-state engine model. The simulation results in various maneuvers during slippery and split road conditions showed that acceleration performance and ability of the vehicle with TCS is improved. Also, the load torque observer could estimate real load torque very well, so its performance was proved.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06b
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• pp.565-570
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• 2001

Vehicle dynamics control (VDC) system requires more information on driving conditions compared with ABS and/or TCS. In order to develop the VDC system, tire slip angles, vehicle side-slip angle, and vehicle lateral velocity as well as road friction coefficient are needed. Since there are not any cheap and reliable sensors, recent researches on parameter estimation have given rise to a number of parameter estimation techniques. This paper presents new vehicle model to estimate vehicle's yaw rate. This model is improved from the conventional 2 degrees of freedom vehicle model, so-called bicycle model, taking nonlinear effects into account. These nonlinear effects are: (i) tyre nonlinearity; (ii) lateral load transfer during cornering; (iii) variable gear ratio with respect to vehicle velocity. Estimation results are validated with the experimental results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.57-71
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• 1996

차량 모델 비선형성의 주된 요인중 하나는 타이어의 비선형성이라고 할 수 있다. 타이어 모델도 간편화하기 위해 선형화된 타이어 모델을 적용할 경우에 저속 주행 또는 고속 주행이라고도 조향각이 적을 때는 문제가 없지만, 급격한 가감속과 과도한 조향각을 주었을 때는 타이어 미끄럼 각(Tire Slip Angle)이 급격히 변화되므로 선형화 된 타이어 모텔을 적용하지 못하게 된다. 그러므로 타이어와 지면 사이의 물리적 현상을 자세히 표현할 수 있는 비선형 타이어 모델을 적용하지 못하게 된다. 그러므로 타이어와 지면 사이의 물리적 현상을 자세히 표현할 수 있는 비선형 타이어 모델이 요구되어진다. 실험적 모델은 실제 차량의 실험 데이터를 바탕으로 커브 피팅(Curve Fitting)하여 타이어의 동특성을 표현하도록 모델링 하므로서 모델의 정확도를 높일 수 있는 반면 요구하는 계수들이 많아지게 되어 계산량이 증가되는 단점이 있다. 기존의 타이어 모델 연구 결과에 대해 분석하고, 관측 자료들을 바탕으로 FMFNN(Fuzzy Membership Function based Neural Network)을 이용한 함수 근사화로서 타이어 횡축력과 종축력의 모델링 방법을 제안하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.121-127
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• 2013

In this study, suspension geometry is controlled to improve vehicle handling performance. The toe and camber of the rear suspension is controlled independently by using a double knuckle structure designed to enhance the vehicle cornering stability. Camber and toe changes in the rear wheel during high speed turning maneuver are important factors that influence the vehicle stability. Toe in the rear outer wheel plays a dominant role in cornering. A control algorithm for the camber and the toe angle input is developed to carry out the control simulation of the vehicle such as single lane change, the steady state cornering, the double lane change and the step steering simulation. Effects of the camber and toe angle control are analyzed from the computer simulations. A double lane change simulation revealed that the suspension mechanism with variable camber angle and variable toe angle decreases the peak body slip angle and peak yaw rate, 50% and 10%, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.997-1003
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• 2014

This paper describes modeling process to obtain precise landing gear model which is necessary to design a control law for ground auto-taxi, auto take-off/landing of UAV. In this paper, landing gear side force modeling is studied to complete a landing gear model of UAV. Side force modeling is performed by calculating cornering angle including steering angle. And ground directional controller is designed by using nose wheel steering and rudder steering at the same time to control course angle error. Accuracy of landing gear side force modeling and ground directional controller is proved by comparing of auto-taxi test results with simulation results.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.666-672
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• 2003

This paper presents a design of the controller for vehicle lateral dynamics using active yaw moment. Vehicle lateral motion is incorporated with directional controllability and stability. These are conflicting each other from the view of vehicle handling performance. To compromise the trade-off between these two aspects, we suggest a new control algorithm based on the sliding mode with time-varying switching surface according to the body side slip angle. The controller can deal with the nonlinear region in vehicle driving condition and be robust to the parameter uncertainties in the plant model. Control performance is evaluated from the simulation for the vehicle of real parameters on the road with various tire-road frictions.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1126-1131
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• 2007

This paper presents unified chassis control (UCC) to improve the vehicle lateral stability. The unified chassis control implies combined control of active front steering (AFS), electronic stability control (ESC) and continuous damping control (CDC). A direct yaw moment controller based on a 2-D bicycle model is designed by using sliding mode control law. A direct roll moment controller based on a 2-D roll model is designed. The computed direct yaw moment and the direct roll moment are generated by AFS, ESP and CDC control modules respectively. A control authority of the AFS and the ESC is determined by tire slip angle. Computer simulation is conducted to evaluate the proposed integrated chassis controller by using the Matlab, simulink and the validated vehicle simulator. From the simulation results, it is shown that the proposed unified chassis control can provide with improved performance over the modular chassis control.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.299-307
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• 2023

In the midst of accelerating wars around the world, unmanned robot technology that can guarantee the safety of human life is emerging. ERP-42 is a modular platform that can be used according to the application. In the field of defense, it can be used for transporting supplies, reconnaissance and surveillance, and medical evacuation in conflict areas. Due to the nature of the military environment, atypical environments are predominant, and in such environments, the platform's path followability is an important part of mission performance. This paper focuses on reducing the minimum turning radius in terms of improving path followability. The minimum turning radius of the existing 2WS/2WD in-wheel platform was reduced by increasing the torque of the independent driving in-wheel motor on the rear wheel to generate oversteer. To determine the degree of oversteer, two GPS were attached to the center of the front and rear wheelbases and measured. A closed-loop speed control method was used to maintain a constant rotational speed of each wheel despite changes in load or torque.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.2360-2366
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• 2011

The Unmanned Ground Vehicle is comprised of four systems of obstacle detection: The navigation system, vehicle controlling system, obstacle detecting and an integration system that use the various sensors. The research introduced utilizes 6 lasers to recognize obstacles. The system operates an avoidance system within the unmanned ground vehicle, using six lasers. The Unmanned Ground Vehicle's parallel parking and right angle parking is in development using algorithms. This algorithms' certification is intended to be installed in the encoder, in the GPS. By using the Laser Scannerfor the position's calculation, errors are both reduced and minimized, so the tire's slip minimized to the point where the vehicle had a limit of about 5Km/h.