Roadway Elevation Profile Generation for Vehicle Simulation

SUMMARY

With a simplified approach for creating road surface elevation information for simulation of vehicle vertical response to roadway unevenness, roadways for single and parallel track simulations and averaged roads for variable velocity simulation are developed. Sets of correctly chosen random roadway slopes are averaged appropriately for the variable velocity simulation. The procedure generates approximately “white” slope spectral density roadways in the frequency ranges of interest, and the elevation profiles are representative of average road profiles. The method is simple in practice yet suffices for many parameter studies of suspensions and vehicle dynamics.     

Interaction Dynamics Between an Electric Vehicle's 'Pantograph' and the Road

In this paper, we briefly describe the patented E-TRAN electric roadway & vehicle concept and then proceed to study the dynamic effects of an associated road pantograph in contact with a road mounted power strip. During usage, the road pantograph (supported underneath the vehicle) allows power to be drawn from the strip for powering the motor driven vehicle. From a mechanical point of view, friction, wear and dynamic bounce effects impact the reliability arid maintainability of the pantograph/strip concept. To study bounce effects, a dynamic model of a one degree of freedom road pantograph was developed for both contact and noncontact situations. These dynamic “bounce” effects were simulated using a MATRIXx™ based model of the road pantograph and associated road surface (and strip). In order to do so, several simulation issues had to be addressed (some of which may be of interest to those studying wheel/rail contact effects). To corroborate the dynamic model, an instrumented experimental pantograph/road simulator was fabricated. Reasonable correspondence was achieved between the experimentally measured and simulated support forces and pantograph angle. Parametric variations in the design were also studied through simulation. The work presented serves as a paradigm for designing, building, and testing road pantographs for specific applications.     

港湾式公交停靠站对路段通行能力的影响

在对南昌市城区主干道港湾式公交停靠站调查的基础上,通过 Vissim 仿真模拟得到大量交通流数据,从港湾式站台设置的长度、站台乘客等待数量、路段车道数、路段车辆的平均速度、站台停止车辆数、以及进出口平均延误时间6个方面建立神经网络分析模型,以路段平均延误车辆/路段实际通行能力作为通行能力的影响折减,运用 Matlab 软件编程求得变量因素与输出影响的连接强度权值 W 与偏置值 B ,为港湾式公交站对路段通行能力影响提供了定量化影响系数。      

路线及路面条件设计阶段的安全性评价仿真系统

以公路横断面数据为型值点,应用multi-quadric插值函数先后拟合出路面单元节点的平面坐标以及高程,并用大量的小三角形单元来逼近连续的路表曲面,从而获得适于行驶动力学仿真的三维路面模型。在ADAMS软件环境下,建立了轻型客车和轿车的整车模型以用于仿真时的动力学解算。研究了轮胎-路面的耦合方法及跟踪路中线的闭环路径控制策略、维持车速的速度控制策略。最后在ADAMS环境下形成了路线-驾驶员-车辆仿真识别系统,通过道路上的运行仿真,获得沿路线上的车辆行驶动力学响应,进而对公路几何线形和路面条件的安全性做出判断以及评价,并以某段二级公路为实例进行了仿真分析。结果表明:该仿真系统对于道路建成后事故多发路段的安全改善具有重要意义。     

Optimal Performance of Variable Component Suspensions

Most vehicle suspension systems use fixed passive components that offer a compromise in performance between sprung mass isolation, suspension travel, and tireroad contact force. Recently, systems with discretely adjustable dampers and air springs been added to production vehicles. Active and semi-active damping concepts for vehicle suspensions have also been studied theoretically and with physical prototypes. This paper examines the optimal performance comparisons of variable component suspensions, including active damping and full-state feedback, for “quartercar” heave models. Two and three dimensional optimizations are computed using performance indicators to find the component parameters (control gains) that provide “optimal” performance for statistically described roadway inputs. The effects of performance weighting and feedback configuration are examined. Active damping is shown to be mainly important for vehicle isolation. A passive vehicle suspension can control suspension travel and tire contact force nearly as well as a full state feedback control strategy.     

用于道路几何线形质量评价的仿真模型和动力学指标

以路线-驾驶者-车辆仿真系统为手段，模拟了车辆在路线上的运行情况。找出了车辆在危险位置有异常表现的运动学和动力学响应，研究这些响应沿路线上的变化过程，最后得到了能够准确描述行车安全性的指标，一类是评价几何线形是否满足汽车行驶动力学要求的指标，另一类是衡量路线宜人性的指标。运用这些指标，根据车辆在路线上的运行结果，能对处于设计阶段的路线设计质量做出有效的评价。以四川省某2级公路为应用实例，结果表明运用该方案能有效的识别出几何线形的设计缺陷。     

城市快速路出入口交织流率和交织长度的仿真研究

城市快速路出入口是引发相关路段及其周围路网拥堵的主要原因。交织流率和交织长度是影响出入口处交通运行的重要因素,并采用仿真方法对两者进行了分析,具体案例的Vissim仿真结果表明：通过总流量为4 900veh/h,流率比由0.15增加到0.4时,交织段均车延误增加2倍,交织车速降低将近40%;交织长度选取160～180m时,均车延误为1.3s,平均车速达到45.02km/h,是快速路出入口交织长度的合理值。     

Influence of tyre–road contact model on vehicle vibration response

The influence of the tyre–road contact model on the simulated vertical vibration response was analysed. Three contact models were compared: tyre–road point contact model, moving averaged profile and tyre-enveloping model. In total, 1600 real asphalt concrete and Portland cement concrete longitudinal road profiles were processed. The linear planar model of automobile with 12 degrees of freedom (DOF) was used. Five vibration responses as the measures of ride comfort, ride safety and dynamic load of cargo were investigated. The results were calculated as a function of vibration response, vehicle velocity, road quality and road surface type. The marked differences in the dynamic tyre forces and the negligible differences in the ride comfort quantities were observed among the tyre–road contact models. The seat acceleration response for three contact models and 331 DOF multibody model of the truck semi-trailer was compared with the measured response for a known profile of test section.     

车轮随机动载特性的Simulink仿真分析

利用汽车的两自由度模型，应用Simulink软件仿真分析了车速与路面不平度对车轮随机动载变化趋势的影响。同时也分析了车轮随机动载的大小对路面疲劳应力的影响，指出了不同车速和路面不平度引起的路面动力反应及损伤变化规律，即车速和路面不平度的增加将导致汽车动载的增加，从而加速路面的损伤。提出了针对路面状况调整车速可以降低车轮随机动载，从而达到减轻路面损伤的要求。     

Handling Safety Simulation of Driver-Vehicle Closed-Loop System with Evolutionary Random Road Input

The response simulation is studied and the handling safety is evaluated using finer integration method for driver-vehicle closed-loop system with stationary random road input. This algorithm is not only precise, but can also shorten the evaluation period of handling safety and reduce the tremendous cost for real vehicle testing. The response simulation and the vehicle handling safety evaluation are also studied for the closed-loop system with evolutionary random road input. The study can more truly simulate vehicle handling quality for including the varying of vehicle velocity with time.     

Handling Safety Simulation of Driver-Vehicle Closed-Loop System with Evolutionary Random Road Input

The response simulation is studied and the handling safety is evaluated using finer integration method for driver-vehicle closed-loop system with stationary random road input. This algorithm is not only precise, but can also shorten the evaluation period of handling safety and reduce the tremendous cost for real vehicle testing. The response simulation and the vehicle handling safety evaluation are also studied for the closed-loop system with evolutionary random road input. The study can more truly simulate vehicle handling quality for including the varying of vehicle velocity with time.     

面向智能车辆的现役道路设施行驶适应性研究综述

为了总结面向智能车辆的现役道路设施行驶适应性，即现役道路基础设施承载智能车辆行驶的适宜程度，阐述自主智能驾驶定义与驾驶自动化等级分类，在此基础上剖析不同等级间的人机功能差异，并分别从感知层、感知-决策层、决策-控制层探讨与道路设计要素相关联的人机功能差异，通过归纳总结智能车辆与道路几何要素、路面性能及其他道路要素(如道路标线)的相互作用机制研究，从道路工程角度及其他道路要素方面回顾该领域的研究现状，指出存在的问题和未来发展方向。研究结果表明：相比传统车辆，配置高等级自动驾驶系统的智能车辆对现役道路设施行驶适应性最高，主动安全系统次之，而驾驶辅助及有条件自动驾驶系统适应性不足。而目前研究主要问题包括：难以归纳、标定不同驾驶自动化等级间的人机功能差异及其对于道路设计参数的需求设计值；测试道路场景条件过于理想，考虑的驾驶自动化等级单一，试验规模和样本有限；道路几何、路面性能以及道路标志、标线等道路要素与智能车辆间的相互作用机制研究不足，缺乏与不同道路场景相匹配的智能车辆驾驶特征数据的获取手段。因此建议：重视并推动与道路设计要素相关联的关键人机功能差异指标信息共享；联合高保真且可交互的道路场景、高精度感知传感器物理模型、车辆动力学模型及微观交通流模型，利用测试场景自动化生成、极限工况场景搜寻与泛化等技术开展智能驾驶虚拟测试，突破现有研究的深度和广度；探索反映不同等级智能车辆的道路行驶适应性特征指标与评价标准，精准、有效地评估预测复杂道路场景及不利道路条件下的行驶适应性。     

Power Requirements for Traversing Uneven Roadways

SUMMARY

Vehicles which travel on uneven roadways or rough surfaces require power beyond that associated with air drag, rolling resistance or other sources of friction even though kinetic and potential energy may be conserved on the average. This is true because damped relative motions within the vehicle dissipate energy, and, even for nearly rigid vehicles, energy is lost at impact with the ground whenever the vehicle loses contact with the ground surface due to the finite downward acceleration of gravity.

Using elementary vehicle models, the nature and magnitude of the component of propulsive force associated with these energy loss mechanisms is estimated. In certain speed ranges, this force is found to vary dramatically with speed for several types of periodic roadway profiles studied. While the force due to unevennesss may be small compared to other forces for high-speed vehicles operating on smooth surfaces, it can be the major source of required power for off-road vehicles operating on very rough terrain.     

Measuring the safety impact of road infrastructure systems on driver behavior: Vehicle instrumentation and real world driving experiment

Featured in this pilot experimental study is the construction and design of an instrumented vehicle that is able to capture vehicle trajectory data with an extremely high level of accuracy and time resolution. Once constructed and properly instrumented, the various data collection systems were integrated with one another and a driving experiment was conducted on northern Virginia roadways with 18 participants taking part in the study. Trajectory data were collected for each of the drivers as they traversed a predefined loop of four roadway segments with varying numbers of lanes and varying shoulder widths. Data collected from the experiment were then used to calibrate the parameters of the prospect theory car-following model through a genetic algorithm calibration procedure. Once all model parameters were successfully calibrated, significance testing was carried out to determine the impacts that the varying roadway infrastructure had on driving behavior. Results indicated that there were significant changes in behavior when comparing one lane roadways to their two lane counterparts—specifically in cases where the roadway featured a wide shoulder. Additional testing was conducted to ensure that there was no variation based on gender, as nine study participants were female and nine were male. The successfulness of this first study conducted with the newly constructed instrumented vehicle creates the opportunity for a variety of additional studies to be conducted in the future.     

城乡结合部路段中心式双向左转车道设计研究

目前国内存在大量路侧土地开发强度高、交通量大、接入道和交叉口密度大、道路用地紧张的城市双向四车道路段。由于现有条件的限制,这些道路的交通压力已经不可能通过拓宽道路、增加车道来缓解,将其改造为含双向左转车道（TWLTL）的三车道道路是一种有效方案。国内外的研究成果表明双向左转车道能在保证道路服务水平不降低的基础上减少事故、缓解交通压力,使用效果良好。结合TSIS仿真模拟,对双向左转车道设计与应用进行了探讨分析。     

Power Requirements for Traversing Uneven Roadways

Vehicles which travel on uneven roadways or rough surfaces require power beyond that associated with air drag, rolling resistance or other sources of friction even though kinetic and potential energy may be conserved on the average. This is true because damped relative motions within the vehicle dissipate energy, and, even for nearly rigid vehicles, energy is lost at impact with the ground whenever the vehicle loses contact with the ground surface due to the finite downward acceleration of gravity.

Using elementary vehicle models, the nature and magnitude of the component of propulsive force associated with these energy loss mechanisms is estimated. In certain speed ranges, this force is found to vary dramatically with speed for several types of periodic roadway profiles studied. While the force due to unevennesss may be small compared to other forces for high-speed vehicles operating on smooth surfaces, it can be the major source of required power for off-road vehicles operating on very rough terrain.     

Simulation of the Interaction between Vehicle Wheel and the Unevenness of Road Surface

SUMMARY

A model of the relationship between a vehicle wheel and the unevenness of the road surface is defined. The wheel is considered to be of circular shape. For a given form of unevenness, the excitation functions are evaluated for the individual subsystems of the dynamic vehicle model having 5 degrees of freedom. The vehicle model traverses the uneven surface at a variable velocity. The model provides for the study of the complex dynamic phenomena which occur between the wheel and the unevenness. The response of the model also includes the dynamic stress on the drive when the wheel passes over the unevenness of the road surface.     

基于二次规划的智能车辆动态换道轨迹规划研究

为实现智能车辆的自主换道操作并满足安全性、舒适性和实时性等约束条件,提出一种针对动态交通环境的换道轨迹规划模型。该模型由道路平面曲线表征模块、路径生成模块以及速度曲线生成模块组成。首先,在道路平面曲线表征模块中,模型基于实时获取的周边道路信息,利用切比雪夫多项式插值法回归拟合出连续可导的道路平面曲线函数,用以保证模型在各种道路平面线形上的普适性。然后,在路径生成模块中,根据换道车辆初始时刻的运动状态,建立一系列多项式方程,并利用牛顿迭代法求解方程未知参数,以此生成连接初始位置和目标位置的换道路径,用以保证换道轨迹的平滑性。最后,在速度曲线生成模块中,以满足防碰撞约束、跟驰加速度约束以及车辆运动状态约束为目标,构建二次规划模型,生成沿着换道路径的车辆速度曲线,用以保证换道轨迹的安全性和舒适性。此外,考虑到周边动态的交通环境,车辆系统在每个时间步内会循环调用提出的模型实时更新换道轨迹,直至车辆到达目标位置。仿真试验结果表明：应用提出的换道轨迹规划模型,车辆能够有效避免与周边动态车辆发生碰撞,成功完成换道;基于二次规划框架,模型优化求解时间明显缩短,满足轨迹规划的实时性和有效性要求。     

电动轮汽车车速与道路坡度估计

针对电动轮汽车车速与道路坡度估计问题,本文中基于纵向非线性动力学方程设计1阶扩张状态观测器对车速与坡度进行联合估计,分析了估计稳态误差;同时,采用带遗忘因子的递归最小二乘估计算法分离加速度传感器信号中的坡度信息,并设置了比例系数来融合两类坡度信息,最终得到道路坡度估计值。搭建MATLAB/Simulink-Carsim联合仿真平台进行变坡度路面仿真,并在实际坡道路面完成实车测试。仿真与试验结果表明,所提出的方法简单、可行。     

汽车全工况操纵和制动动力学17自由度的建模与仿真

本文描述了１７自由度汽车全工况操纵与制动过程动力学模型的建模，仿真与验证。该模型考虑了侧风，有无防抱系统，高速，变车速，双移线转变制动等各种极端工况，仿真结果与美国密执安大学的仿真结果十分吻合，证实了该算法与模型具有很好的精度。