Title: Study on the potential application of electronic wedge brake for vehicle brake system

Authors: Fauzi Ahmad; Saiful Amri Mazlan; Hairi Zamzuri; Khisbullah Hudha; Hishammudin Jamaluddin

Addresses: Vehicle System Engineering Research Laboratory, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 54100 Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Vehicle System Engineering Research Laboratory, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 54100 Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Vehicle System Engineering Research Laboratory, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 54100 Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), Kem Sungai Besi, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ' Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Abstract: This paper presents a study of the potential application of an electronic wedge brake for vehicle brake system using human-in-the-loop simulation. Simulation was made in MATLAB Simulink software which interfaces an imaginary vehicle with a real time input from a human, such as throttle and brake input. The imaginary vehicle model that is used is a vehicle dynamic model that has been validated experimentally using an instrumented experimental vehicle. A validated electronic wedge brake actuator model was then used as the brake actuator model where a suitable control strategy, namely proportional-integral-derivative and proportional-integral controllers, was utilised as the force and gapping control respectively. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed actuator in a vehicle, the simulation results are compared with the results of human-in-the-loop simulation of a vehicle using a conventional hydraulic brake and the response of the experimental vehicle using the same dynamic test, namely the sudden braking test. The simulation results show that the proposed simulation method and actuator with appropriate controller strategy have similar behaviour to a hydraulic brake in terms of its capability to produce the desired braking force to reduce the speed and halt the vehicle. The outcomes from this study can be considered in design optimisation and implementation in a real vehicle.

Keywords: vehicle modelling; validation; 6-DOF vehicle longitudinal model; electronic wedge brakes; EWB; brake-by-wire; human-in-the-loop simulation; HITLS; vehicle braking systems; vehicle dynamics; dynamic modelling; PI control; PID control; force control; gapping control; hydraulic brakes; sudden braking; braking force; vehicle design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIC.2015.070650

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 2015 Vol.23 No.4, pp.306 - 315

Received: 28 Dec 2013
Accepted: 14 Aug 2014

Published online: 16 Jul 2015 *

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