Non-fragile multi-objective static output feedback control of vehicle active suspension with time-delay

This paper presents an approach to design a delay-dependent non-fragile H_∞/L₂–L_∞ static output feedback (SOF) controller for active suspension with input time-delay. The control problem of quarter-car active suspension with actuator time-delay is formulated to a H_∞/L₂–L_∞ control problem. By employing a delay-dependent Lyapunov function, new existence conditions of delay-dependent non-fragile SOF H_∞ controller and L₂–L_∞ controller are derived, respectively, in terms of the feasibility of bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs). Then, a procedure based on linear matrix inequality optimisation and a hybrid algorithm of the particle swarm optimisation and differential evolution is used to solve an optimisation problem with BMI constraints. Design and simulation results of non-fragile H_∞/L₂–L_∞ controller for active suspension show that the designed controller not only can achieve the optimal performance and stability of the closed-loop system in spite of the existence of the actuator time-delay, but also has significantly improved the non-fragility characteristics over controller perturbations.     

Findings from subjective evaluations and driver ratings of vehicle dynamics: steering and handling

This paper investigates subjective assessments (SA) of vehicle handling and steering feel tests, both numerical and verbal, to understand drivers’ use of judgement scales, rating tendencies and spread. Two different test methods are compared: a short multi-vehicle first-impression test with predefined-driving vs the standard extensive single-vehicle free-driving tests, both offering very similar results but with the former saving substantial testing time. Rating repeatability is evaluated by means of a blind test. Key SA questions are identified by numerical subjective assessment autocorrelations and by generating word clouds from the most used terms in verbal assessments, with both methods leading to similar key parameters. The results exposed in this paper enable better understanding of SA, allowing improving the overall subjective testing and evaluation process, and improving the data collection and analysis process needed before identifying correlations between SA and objective metrics.     

A yaw-moment control method based on a vehicle's lateral jerk information

Previously, a new control concept called ‘G-vectoring control (GVC)’ to improve vehicle agility and stability was developed. GVC is an automatic longitudinal acceleration control method that responds to vehicle lateral jerk caused by the driver's steering manoeuvres. In this paper, a new yaw-moment control method, which generates a stabilising moment during the GVC command and has positive acceleration value and the driver's accelerator pedal input is zero, was proposed. A new hybrid control, which comprises GVC, electric stability control and this new control, was constructed, and it was installed in a test vehicle and tested on a snowy surface. The very high potential for improvement in both agility and stability was confirmed.     

受电弓主动倾摆系统的研究

通过对摆式电动车组受电弓主动倾摆系统的分析,建立ADAMS-Matlab控制模型,并对其控制特性进行仿真。结果表明该受电弓主动倾摆系统有良好的频率响应特性;在车体倾摆过程中,受电弓主动倾摆系统能有效减小受电弓滑板中点的横向位移,从而保证列车受流的连续性。     

关于“航海”一词概念的几点探讨

以《中国大百科全书》中关于航海的定义为基础,对现有的几种航海定义进行了分析,并指出了这些定义中存在的不足之处,由此笔者得出对航海的定义。     

船舶电力推进变频输出电压谐波抑制研究

根据船舶电力推进变频驱动的特点,提出了一种新型变频器输出混合有源正弦波滤波器,在变频器的输出侧接上一个LC基波串联谐振电路,使变频器的输出电压对基波呈现低电抗、对谐波呈现高阻抗;同时实时检测负载端电压,根据瞬时无功功率理论可直接检测出谐波电压波形,并通过变流器和串联变压器反馈一个与谐波电压幅值相等、相位相反的电压去抵消系统中剩余的谐波电压。阐述了新型变频器输出混合有源正弦波滤波器的结构和工作原理,分析了滤波器的谐波抑制原理,给出了滤波器的仿真结果及分析。仿真结果表明:此滤波器设计新颖、结构简单、可靠性高,在各种工况条件下都能得到优化的滤波效果,很好地改善变频器的输出电压波形。     

电气化铁道用有源电力滤波器方案研究

概述了电气化铁道谐波问题现状，介绍了采用有源滤波器解决牵引网谐波干扰的几种方案。针对各个方案的特点，优选出了一种较适合电气化铁道用的有源滤波器方案。     

西藏墨脱高等级公路工程地质遥感勘察及GIS应用

运用遥感及地理信息技术能有效地从图像光谱特征、空间特征、影像纹理、微地貌、景观等诸多方面,对岩石、构造、地形地貌、地质灾害等进行识别与划分,从遥感影像中提取公路工程地质信息.结合ENVI和ARC/INFO软件进行数据采集和专题制图,利用GIS的空间分析功能,能快速、准确地对公路工程地质条件进行定量分析和综合评价.     

基于RBF网络和遗传优化的船舶操纵模糊控制器

设计了一种基于RBF网络和遗传优化的船舶操纵模糊控制器。首先讨论了传统模糊控制器应用于船舶操纵控制的不足，然后根据模糊系统在特定情况下与RBF网络具有等价关系的特点，采用具有加权平均输出的RBF网络构造了一个船舶操纵模糊控制器，有效地消除了小偏差范围的舵角抖动现象。在此基础上，根据船舶操纵的特点提出了一种尺度变换因子的自整定方法，并采用遗传算法对自整定过程中的可变参数进行优化，以使控制器能够适应实时控制过程中的时变性和不确定性，保持良好的控制性能。最后针对某大型船舶的非线性模型，采用Matlab 6．1的Simulink工具进行了转艏操纵仿真试验，获得了满意结果。     

A bintree energy approach for colour image segmentation using adaptive channel selection

A new hierarchical approach called bintree energy segmentation was presented for color image segmentation. The image features are extracted by adaptive clustering on multi-channel data at each level and used as the criteria to dynamically select the best chromatic channel, where the segmentation is carried out. In this approach, an extended direct energy computation method based on the Chan-Vese model was proposed to segment the selected channel, and the segmentation outputs are then fused with other channels into new images, from which a new channel with better features is selected for the second round segmentation. This procedure is repeated until the preset condition is met. Finally, a binary segmentation tree is formed, in which each leaf represents a class of objects with a distinctive color. To facilitate the data organization, image background is employed in segmentation and channels fusion. The bintree energy segmentation exploits color information involved in all channels data and tries to optimize the global segmentation result by choosing the ＂best＂ channel for segmentation at each level. The experiments show that the method is effective in speed, accuracy and flexibility.