Title: Design and simulation of the sliding mode controller for the vehicle blow-out process control

Authors: Taiping Mo; Xiangwen Zhang; Kefeng Fan; Wei Mo; Yaqin Qiu

Addresses: School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an, China ' School of Electric Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China ' School of Electric Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China ' School of Electric Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China ' School of Electric Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China

Abstract: During vehicle driving process, the tyre security is very important, but the blow-out is inevitable sometimes, so it is very necessary to control the vehicle stability in order to avoid serious traffic accidents caused by the blow-out. In this paper, with the tyre brush model and the seven degree of freedom vehicle model, the vehicle driving system model is modelled, and the front and rear tyres blow-out process was simulated and analysed. The results show that the vehicle will become unstable after the blow-out. In order to ensure the vehicle back to the stable range, the sliding mode controller is designed with the differential braking method, and the yaw rate is controlled by adjusting the braking torque at the opposite side of the blow-out tyre. With simulation, the sliding mode controller can guarantee the vehicle stability, shorten the braking distance and realise the safety brake during the tyre blow-out process.

Keywords: tyre blow-out; tyre brush models; sliding mode control; SMC; differential braking; controller design; simulation; process control; tyre security; vehicle stability; vehicle safety; modelling; yaw rate; braking torque.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVS.2013.056967

International Journal of Vehicle Safety, 2013 Vol.6 No.4, pp.333 - 346

Received: 16 Oct 2012
Accepted: 13 Mar 2013
Published online: 16 Oct 2014 *

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