Title: A novel control method for electric power steering system based on dead-zone inverse transforming compensation in a four-in-wheel-motor drive electric vehicle

Authors: Songfeng Liang; Ziming Tom Qi; Zhurong Dong; Hao Qiu; Songhua Hu

Addresses: School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shahe West Road No. 1089, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China ' School of Architecture, Building and Engineering, Otago Polytechnic, Forth Street, Private Bag 1910, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand ' School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shahe West Road No. 1089, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China ' School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shahe West Road No. 1089, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China ' School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shahe West Road No. 1089, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China

Abstract: Since the four-in-wheel-motors drive (FWMD) electric vehicle (EV) has a four-wheel independent steering, this paper presents a novel control method for an electric power steering system with a dead-zone execution mechanism. A mathematical model was derived for execution mechanisms from the empirical data. A 'dead-zone inverse transforming compensation' was designed to eliminate ill effects caused by dead-zone. The experiment in a real car environment proves the proposed method.

Keywords: four-in-wheel-motor drive; electric vehicles; electric power steering; steering control; dead-zone inverse transforming compensation; power steering control; vehicle control.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBBR.2013.058720

International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics, 2013 Vol.2 No.2/3/4, pp.81 - 86

Published online: 18 Jul 2014 *

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