Twenty First Century Transportation System Solutions - a New Type of Small,Relatively Tall and Narrow Active Tilting Commuter Vehicle

SUMMARY

There are many problems that face transportation systems as the twenty-first century approaches, and many solutions will be required. Mass transportation systems are one large area of research that will provide some solutions. This paper presents another possible solution at the other end of the spectrum, small relatively tall and narrow tilting commuter vehicles for individual transportation. A historical overview of the various types of tilting vehicles built or proposed over the last forty years is shown and the results of these studies are discussed. If one considers a relatively tall and narrow vehicle, (under 1.0 meters or 40“ wide), to maintain high speed performance in cornering it becomes necessary to bank the vehicle into a corner to prevent overturning. The design of a modem active tilting suspension and control law for a small narrow, one-half width, commuter vehicles is presented. Analysis of the static and dynamic tipping limits illustrates which vehicles are considered tall and narrow requiring active tilting. The performance of such vehicles as they enter a steady corner is considered and how tilt dynamics may feel to passengers is discussed.     

Active Dual Mode Tilt Control for Narrow Ground Vehicles

Small, narrow commuter vehicles have attracted considerable interest in recent years as a means to increase the utilization of existing freeways and parking facilities. However, conventional narrow track vehicles are likely to have reduced stability against overturning during hard cornering. A possible solution to this problem lies in vehicles which tilt toward the inside of a turn. Two different ways to achieve this tilt will be analyzed. For direct tilt control (DTC) an actuator forces the upper part of the vehicle to tilt. Steering tilt control (STC) uses steering to control the tilt as is done by motorcycle or bicycle riders. At low speeds, only the DTC system is effective while at high speeds the STC offers less lateral acceleration for the passenger during transient cornering and may seem more natural. The two methods of control will be studied separately and it will be shown that even though the same steady state tilt can be achieved with either system, the transient behavior of the systems is very different. It also will be shown that it is possible to switch from one system to the other at an arbitrarily chosen speed with virtually no transient effects even when the vehicle is not in a steady state. Regardless of which control system is active, the driver simply communicates his desire to follow the road by moving the steering wheel and the control systems take care of the tilting either by using the tilt actuator or by actively steering the road wheels. Thus the driver does not need to leam how to stabilize the tilt mode of the vehicle.     

A fundamental investigation of tilt control systems for narrow commuter vehicles

One way of addressing traffic congestion is by efficiently utilizing the existing highway infrastructure. Narrow tilting vehicles that need a reduced width lane can be part of the solution if they can be designed to be safe, stable, and easy to operate. In this paper, a control system that stabilizes the tilt mode of such a vehicle without affecting the handling of the vehicle is proposed. This control system is a combination of two different types of control schemes known as steering tilt control (STC) and direct tilt control (DTC) systems. First, different existing variations of both STC and DTC systems are considered and their shortcomings analysed. Modified control schemes are then suggested to overcome the deficiencies. Then a new method of integrating these two control schemes that guarantees smooth switchover between the controllers as a function of vehicle velocity is proposed. The performance of the proposed STC, DTC, and integrated systems is evaluated by carrying out simulations for different operating conditions and some experimental work. The design of a second-generation narrow tilting vehicle on which the developed control system has been implemented is presented.     

A fundamental investigation of tilt control systems for narrow commuter vehicles

One way of addressing traffic congestion is by efficiently utilizing the existing highway infrastructure. Narrow tilting vehicles that need a reduced width lane can be part of the solution if they can be designed to be safe, stable, and easy to operate. In this paper, a control system that stabilizes the tilt mode of such a vehicle without affecting the handling of the vehicle is proposed. This control system is a combination of two different types of control schemes known as steering tilt control (STC) and direct tilt control (DTC) systems. First, different existing variations of both STC and DTC systems are considered and their shortcomings analysed. Modified control schemes are then suggested to overcome the deficiencies. Then a new method of integrating these two control schemes that guarantees smooth switchover between the controllers as a function of vehicle velocity is proposed. The performance of the proposed STC, DTC, and integrated systems is evaluated by carrying out simulations for different operating conditions and some experimental work. The design of a second-generation narrow tilting vehicle on which the developed control system has been implemented is presented.     

An Active Roll-Moment Control Strategy for Narrow Tilting Commuter Vehicles

An automatic tilt control strategy for a narrow commuter vehicle is described. Such a vehicle would be enclosed like a conventional car but would bank into turns like a motorcycle and so it would feel quite unconventional to drive. The proposed tilt control system uses the steering to tilt the car over like a motorcycle but this is augmented by actively generating a rolling moment about the pivot axis between the tilting upper body and non-tilting base. The provision of this active direct tilt control enables the vehicle to remain upright at low or zero speed and also permits the designer to fine tune the transient roll response. Although it appears complex the proposed tilting control relies on only a few simple sensor measurements, some modest, microprocessor based signal processing and low power, low bandwidth steering and tilt control actuators which might be derived from existing automotive components.     

An Active Roll-Moment Control Strategy for Narrow Tilting Commuter Vehicles

SUMMARY

An automatic tilt control strategy for a narrow commuter vehicle is described. Such a vehicle would be enclosed like a conventional car but would bank into turns like a motorcycle and so it would feel quite unconventional to drive. The proposed tilt control system uses the steering to tilt the car over like a motorcycle but this is augmented by actively generating a rolling moment about the pivot axis between the tilting upper body and non-tilting base. The provision of this active direct tilt control enables the vehicle to remain upright at low or zero speed and also permits the designer to fine tune the transient roll response. Although it appears complex the proposed tilting control relies on only a few simple sensor measurements, some modest, microprocessor based signal processing and low power, low bandwidth steering and tilt control actuators which might be derived from existing automotive components.     

Towards connected autonomous driving: review of use-cases

Connected autonomous vehicles are considered as mitigators of issues such as traffic congestion, road safety, inefficient fuel consumption and pollutant emissions that current road transportation system suffers from. Connected autonomous vehicles utilise communication systems to enhance the performance of autonomous vehicles and consequently improve transportation by enabling cooperative functionalities, namely, cooperative sensing and cooperative manoeuvring. The former refers to the ability to share and fuse information gathered from vehicle sensors and road infrastructures to create a better understanding of the surrounding environment while the latter enables groups of vehicles to drive in a co-ordinated way which ultimately results in a safer and more efficient driving environment. However, there is a gap in understanding how and to what extent connectivity can contribute to improving the efficiency, safety and performance of autonomous vehicles. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate the potential benefits that can be achieved from connected autonomous vehicles through analysing five use-cases: (i) vehicle platooning, (ii) lane changing, (iii) intersection management, (iv) energy management and (v) road friction estimation. The current paper highlights that although connectivity can enhance the performance of autonomous vehicles and contribute to the improvement of current transportation system performance, the level of achievable benefits depends on factors such as the penetration rate of connected vehicles, traffic scenarios and the way of augmenting off-board information into vehicle control systems.     

Wear/comfort Pareto optimisation of bogie suspension

Pareto optimisation of bogie suspension components is considered for a 50 degrees of freedom railway vehicle model to reduce wheel/rail contact wear and improve passenger ride comfort. Several operational scenarios including tracks with different curve radii ranging from very small radii up to straight tracks are considered for the analysis. In each case, the maximum admissible speed is applied to the vehicle. Design parameters are categorised into two levels and the wear/comfort Pareto optimisation is accordingly accomplished in a multistep manner to improve the computational efficiency. The genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to perform the multi-objective optimisation. Two suspension system configurations are considered, a symmetric and an asymmetric in which the primary or secondary suspension elements on the right- and left-hand sides of the vehicle are not the same. It is shown that the vehicle performance on curves can be significantly improved using the asymmetric suspension configuration. The Pareto-optimised values of the design parameters achieved here guarantee wear reduction and comfort improvement for railway vehicles and can also be utilised in developing the reference vehicle models for design of bogie active suspension systems.     

混合动力车型动力电池一种先进的热管理设计理念

随着国家排放节能减排要求愈发严格,汽车发展日趋电动化,越来越多的传统汽车厂家都选择在当前传统车平台上开发混合动力汽车作为纯电动汽车的过渡车型.混合动力汽车的电池为动力电池,由于电池容量小放电倍率高,如不进行主动冷却导致电池的温度急剧攀升.本文主要介绍一种比较先进的电池包双冷却液冷系统设计理念,通过对比当前市场常见风冷系...     

Active Roll Control of Articulated Vehicles

This paper describes an investigation into active roll control of articulated vehicles. The objective is to minimise lateral load transfer using anti-roll bars incorporating low bandwidth hydraulic actuators. Results from handling tests performed on an articulated vehicle are used to validate a nonlinear yaw/roll model of the vehicle. The methodology used to design lateral acceleration controllers for vehicles equipped with active anti-roll bars is developed using a simplified linear articulated vehicle model. The hardware limitations and power consumption requirements of the active elements are studied. The controller is then implemented in the validated articulated vehicle model to evaluate the performance of an articulated lorry with active anti-roll bars. The simulation results demonstrate the possibility of a significant improvement in transient roll performance of the vehicle, using a relatively low power system (10 kW), with low bandwidth actuators (5 Hz).     

跨线桥梁桥墩在车辆撞击作用下的结构性能研究

随着我国立体交通的快速发展,跨越既有高速的桥梁结构迅速增加。按传统结构设计方法设计的桥梁结构,一旦遭遇严重的车辆撞击事故,不仅会造成车辆损坏与人员伤亡,而且由于跨线桥多处于交通网络的重要节点,还会造成大面积的交通瘫痪,直接或间接地导致巨大的经济损失。因此,进行跨线桥梁在车辆撞击作用下的结构性能研究是十分必要的。现以杭绍台高铁线跨越段桥梁为背景,对跨越段铁路桥梁下方高架桥和城市快速路上车辆撞击桥墩对结构安全的影响进行了研究。结合铁路桥梁门式墩、高架桥路面和城市快速路路面的相对位置和可能出现车辆撞击的位置,选取了两个典型工况展开了数值模拟分析。分析结果表明,车辆撞击对桥梁结构整体安全性能影响较小,但会造成桥墩局部混凝土破坏,建议采取选择高防撞等级的道路护栏或在墩底采取加固及防撞等措施来降低高铁跨越段桥梁遭受邻近道路车辆撞击的安全风险。     

Automatic generation of the non-holonomic equations of motion for vehicle stability analysis

The mathematical analysis of vehicle stability has been utilised as an important tool in the design, development, and evaluation of vehicle architectures and stability controls. This paper presents a novel method for automatic generation of the linearised equations of motion for mechanical systems that is well suited to vehicle stability analysis. Unlike conventional methods for generating linearised equations of motion in standard linear second order form, the proposed method allows for the analysis of systems with non-holonomic constraints. In the proposed method, the algebraic constraint equations are eliminated after linearisation and reduction to first order. The described method has been successfully applied to an assortment of classic dynamic problems of varying complexity including the classic rolling coin, the planar truck–trailer, and the bicycle, as well as in more recent problems such as a rotor–stator and a benchmark road vehicle with suspension. This method has also been applied in the design and analysis of a novel three-wheeled narrow tilting vehicle with zero roll-stiffness. An application for determining passively stable configurations using the proposed method together with a genetic search algorithm is detailed. The proposed method and software implementation has been shown to be robust and provides invaluable conceptual insight into the stability of vehicles and mechanical systems.     

Active Roll Mode Control Implementation on a Narrow Tilting Vehicle

This paper describes work carried out on the development of a narrow tilting vehicle at the University of Minnesota. The project had two objectives. One objective was to better understand the dynamics of two-passenger leaning vehicles. The other was to use this understanding to design and implement leaning control on such a vehicle. The desire was to make a tilting vehicle as easy, in some sense, to drive as a non-leaning vehicle. The scope of this work was fourfold. First, a model of such a system was developed and linearized to obtain a fourth-order linear model. Second, a tilt controller was designed to stabilize a tilting vehicle's unstable rolling mode. Third, the system and controller were simulated using both Simulink and a real time simulator written with Visual Basic. Fourth, and most importantly, an experimental vehicle was built and used for implementation. Comparisons were made between the simulated system and the experimental vehicle. This illustrated the limitations encountered in the simulations but also showed similarities that validated the model. Also, experimental results showed that the vehicle was stabilized well by the controller within the limitations of our hardware.     

Steady-state steering of a tilting three-wheeled vehicle

The design of a narrow-track enclosed vehicle for urban transport was the subject of the CLEVER project. Due to its narrow track and requirement for car-like controls, an actively controlled tilting system was integrated into the chassis to allow for high lateral accelerations without rolling over. The cornering behaviour of this unique vehicle concept is investigated and compared with the ideal Ackermann response. The steer kinematics of this 1F1T (one front wheel, one wheel tilting) configuration are assessed through the use of a steady-state steering model, with attention focused on how steer parameters such as tilt axis height and inclination can be tuned to provide the required response. A prototype vehicle was designed and built and the results of experimental testing are presented to illustrate the real balancing performance of the combined steering and tilting approach used for the CLEVER vehicle. The experimental results follow the trends demonstrated in the model.     

A semi-active control suspension system for railway vehicles with magnetorheological fluid dampers

The high-speed train has achieved great progress in the last decades. It is one of the most important modes of transportation between cities. With the rapid development of the high-speed train, its safety issue is paid much more attention than ever before. To improve the stability of the vehicle with high speed, extra dampers (i.e. anti-hunting damper) are used in the traditional bogies with passive suspension system. However, the curving performance of the vehicle is undermined due to the extra lateral force generated by the dampers. The active suspension systems proposed in the last decades attempt to solve the vehicle steering issue. However, the active suspension systems need extra actuators driven by electrical power or hydraulic power. There are some implementation and even safety issues which are not easy to be overcome. In this paper, an innovative semi-active controlled lateral suspension system for railway vehicles is proposed. Four magnetorheological fluid dampers are fixed to the primary suspension system of each bogie. They are controlled by online controllers for enhancing the running stability on the straight track line on the one hand and further improving the curving performance by controlling the damper force on the other hand. Two control strategies are proposed in the light of the pure rolling concept. The effectiveness of the proposed strategies is demonstrated by SIMPACK and Matlab co-simulation for a full railway vehicle with two conventional bogies.     

IntelliWay-变耦合模块化智慧高速公路系统一体化架构及测评体系

根据当前智慧高速公路系统的发展历程,总结一些典型的车路协同系统逻辑与物理模型。在总结国内外智慧高速公路系统的整体架构之后,提出新一代智慧高速系统的总体架构-IntelliWay,包括智慧高速公路系统分层模块化架构、基于变耦合程度的智能分级和基于事件驱动的数据分发机制。同时,根据当前智慧高速公路系统的主流应用技术,总结车载高精度定位、高级驾驶辅助系统(Advanced Driver Assistance System, ADAS)与车载总线、路侧设备优化、异构网络融合、网络负载均衡、网络信息安全、多传感器融合与协同感知、以用户为中心的场景自适应信息发布、车辆群体协同自动驾驶、基于大数据与人工智能的交通态势预测、车道级主动交通管理、组件式应用服务开发等驱动智慧高速公路系统快速发展的新兴技术研究现状,然后基于以上关键技术的特点提出未来智慧高速公路系统应用的实施建议;分析广播式交通信息服务、主动交通管理、伴随式信息服务、自动驾驶专用道、车辆队列协同驾驶等智慧高速公路系统的典型应用场景,进行智慧高速系统的测评方法分析和相关案例分析。最后,系统性地分析和预测智慧高速系统存在的挑战及未来发展趋势,以...     

智能网联汽车节能优化关键问题与研究进展

汽车保有量的增加和能耗排放法规日益严格的限制给车辆节能减排提出了巨大挑战，网联化、智能化和电气化是提高未来交通效率和减少公路能源消耗的三大支柱。为了全面了解智能网联汽车节能减排的前沿问题与研究进展，对当前经济驾驶领域的重点问题进行了总体概述。首先，从广义的能量转换角度总结了智能车辆节能优化技术的本质和3个过程，其中Wheels to Distance环节的车辆系统优化是挖掘汽车节能潜力的重要一环，针对其介绍了智能网联汽车节能优化问题的基本数学原理；其次，从智能运输系统的各类非同源异构数据出发，分别从人-车交互、车-车通信、车-路感知三方面阐述来源于"人-车-路"交互体系的智能信息与数据；然后，针对单车智能网联环境下的多维度信息与先进控制技术相结合的关键问题，从考虑道路坡度预测巡航控制、跟车工况预测巡航控制、智能辅助驾驶和车道变换等应用场景进行具体介绍；针对"人-车-路-云"多源异构环境下车辆行为协同节能关键科学问题，从经济驾驶、多车协同节能、道路交叉口车路协同节能和车云协同节能等方面详细介绍研究现状；并进一步介绍电气化公路系统的前瞻性研究，说明融合智能化信息的E-highway节能潜力和智能重型商用车协同节能的未来发展趋势。最后，总结并梳理智能化信息对于提升车辆节能的重要影响，并展望了其在理论与实际层面遇到的挑战。     

Assessing the Potential Impacts of Connected Vehicles: Mobility,Environmental, and Safety Perspectives

The connected vehicle is a rapidly emerging paradigm aimed at deploying and developing a fully connected transportation system that enables data exchange among vehicles, infrastructure, and mobile devices to improve mobility, enhance safety, and reduce the adverse environmental impacts of the transportation systems. This study focuses on micromodeling and quantitatively assessing the potential impacts of the connected vehicle (CV) on mobility, safety, and the environment. To assess the benefits of CVs, a modeling framework is developed based on traffic microsimulation for a real network located in the city of Toronto, Canada, to mimic communication between enabled vehicles. In this study, we examine the effects of providing real-time routing guidance and advisory warning messages to CVs. In addition, to take into account the rerouting in nonconnected vehicles (non-CVs) in response to varying sources of information such as apps, global positioning systems (GPS), variable message signs (VMS), or simply seeing the traffic back up, the impact of fraction of non-CV vehicles was also considered and evaluated. Therefore, vehicles in this model are divided into; uninformed/unfamiliar not connected (non-CV), informed/familiar but not connected (non-CV) that get updates infrequently every 5 minutes or so (non-CV), and connected vehicles that receive information more frequently (CV). The results demonstrate the potential of connected vehicles to improve mobility, enhance safety, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) at the network-wide level. The results also show quantitatively how the market penetration of connected vehicles proportionally affects the performance of the traffic network. While the presented results are pertinent to the specifics of the road network modeled and cannot be generalized, the quantitative figures provide researchers and practitioners with ideas of what to expect from vehicle connectivity concerning mobility, safety, and environmental improvements.     

Disturbance Observer-Based Sideslip Angle Control for Improving Cornering Characteristics of In-Wheel Motor Electric Vehicles

In this paper, a robust sideslip angle controller based on the direct yaw moment control (DYC) is proposed for in-wheel motor electric vehicles. Many studies have demonstrated that the DYC is one of the effective methods to improve vehicle maneuverability and stability. Previous approaches to achieve the DYC used differential braking and active steering system. Not only that, the conventional control systems were commonly dependent on the feedback of the yaw rate. In contrast to the traditional control schemes, however, this paper proposes a novel approach based on sideslip angle feedback without controlling the yaw rate. This is mainly because if the vehicle sideslip angle is controlled properly, the intended sideslip angle helps the vehicle to pass through the corner even at high speed. On the other hand, the vehicle may become unstable because of the too large sideslip caused by unexpected yaw disturbances and model uncertainties of time-varying parameters. From this aspect, disturbance observer (DOB) is employed to assure robust performance of the controller. The proposed controller was realized in CarSim model described actual electric vehicle and verified through computer simulations.     

城市地面地下一体化物流网络货运性能研究

为解决地面地下物流系统耦合运作下的货运性能评估问题,根据城市物流特征刻画一体化网络设施形态,提出地下货运载具设计依据与多式联运成本测算方法,基于案例,对一体化网络运输成本、总运力、流量配置和交通安全外部效益在不同地下运载速度、发车频率和设施容量参数下的动态表现进行模拟分析。结果表明： 1)路网与地下物流网络的立体协同有利于城市物流降本增效; 2)与运载速度相比,地下枢纽节点的处理能力和干线隧道的通行能力对一体化网络服务水平的影响更显著。