Firma convenzione Politecnico di Milano e Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano Aula Magna – Rettorato Mercoledì 27 maggio 2015 MeccPhD Evaluation Alireza Izadi Cycle XXVIII Dynamics and Vibration of Mechanical Systems and Vehicle Thesis Title: Active roll control of an articulated heavy vehicle using the existing air suspension Supervisors: Prof. Edoardo Sabbioni/Prof. Federico Cheli Tutor: Prof. Massimiliano Gobbi
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Firma convenzione Politecnico di Milano e Veneranda Fabbrica
del Duomo di MilanoAula Magna – Rettorato
Mercoledì 27 maggio 2015
MeccPhD Evaluation
Alireza Izadi
Cycle XXVIII Dynamics and Vibration of Mechanical Systems and Vehicle
Thesis Title: Active roll control of an articulated heavy vehicle using
the existing air suspension
Supervisors: Prof. Edoardo Sabbioni/Prof. Federico CheliTutor: Prof. Massimiliano Gobbi
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– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion8. Doctoral curriculum
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Problem and solutions
The problem:• 35 % of fatal accidents caused by HVs• Rollover causes 38% of fatal accidents in HVs
and it is the most horrible accident.
Preventability of rollover accidents:• 50% are impossible to control even with
professional drivers.
Solution:• Active roll control is the most strong solution
for rollover accidents
Fig 1. Preventability of rollover accidents by driver.
Fig 2. Passive roll control vs. active anti‐roll control application.
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Problem and solutions
Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
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Aim of the work, main features and innovative aspects
Aim of the work:is to develope a rollover controller to tilt the vehicle toward the inside of turn to minimize lateral load transfer.
2. Main features: appropriate improvement with robust operation to different payloads and velocities, proper energy consumption, flow rate and bandwidth of actuators, low installation and operational costs
In comparison with the state of the art considering Control logics Actuators (active anti roll bars)
3. Innovative aspects: o Using the full potential of existing air springs for roll control design,o Designing the control logic based on:
o minimum measurements, o precise and low cost estimations and o an optimal load distribution on the axles.
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
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Methodological approach
Fig 3. Methodological approach for active air suspension design.
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
1. Vehicle Modeling 2. Control Design 3. Actuator Modeling
A. Multibody VM
B. 9‐DoF VM
C. 5‐DoF roll‐plane VM
D. Logic 1
E. Logic 2
F. Logic 3
G. Active anti‐roll bars
H. Active air springs
A. Multibody VMActuatorsControl
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4. System integration
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integration
5.The best compromise for rollover controllerResult
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– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion
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1. Nonlinear multibody vehicle model
A complicated nonlinear vehicle modelincludes:
• 192 ordinary differential equations,• 76 bodies,• 30 multibody degrees of freedom• 73 multibody coordinates,• Nonlinearities Jounce and rebounds bump stops 5th wheel roll, pitch and yaw bumps Spring hysteresis Tire deflection
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
The multibody model is used for co‐simulating with Simulink to:1. validate the simplified linear vehicle models and 2. describe the response of the tractor semitrailer.
Fig 4. Visualization of nonlinear multibody vehicle model.
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– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion
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Control logics
Control objective of all controllers:• Reducing the load transfer by tilting the vehicle towards the turn.
Control logics:Logic 1: Proportional lateral acceleration feedback controlLogic 2: Full-State feedback controlLogic 3: Optimal minimum order control
Selection criteria:• The controllers response in transient and steady state condition(reliability),• Robustness• Number of measurements • Estimation precision and costs• implementability
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
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Fig 13. Proportional lateral acceleration feedback control logic.
LOGIC 1 (Specifications): 1. The simplest controller includes only a proportional gain.2. Minimum number of measurements.
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
Gain selection :The control law is:
.The proportional gain is tuned to have a proper suspension roll angle in oppositedirection of the roll moment caused by the lateral acceleration.
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Logic 2: Full-state feedback controller (LQR)
LOGIC 2 (Specifications):1. It is a multivariable optimal controller with disturbance rejection properties.2. It needs the highest number of measurements among the controllers.
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
Linear Quadratic Regulator Actuation System
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Control technique:To use the linear quadratic optimization to regulate the load transfer in the presence of steering disturbance.
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Fig 14. State feedback control logic algorithm.
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Logic 2: Full-state feedback controller (LQR)
Control gain matrix calculation :1. Considering the linear dynamic system:
2. Control problem:The control minimizes the quadratic performance index:
Q : the relative weighting of the performance output xR : the weighting matrix of control input u(t).
3. Optimal control law:
Where
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
, Eqn. 1
x x Eqn. 2
x δ Eqn. 3
S is the unique solution of algebraic Riccati formula.
Linear Quadratic Regulator Actuation System
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Disadvantages of logic 2:1. It requires all the internal states of the system and all the disturbance
states available for feedback,2. difficult and expensive to measure states,3. the sensor output signals are corrupted by noise.
Logic 2: Full-state feedback controller (LQR)
Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
A practical proposition is:• to measure selected vehicle states• Estimate the unmeasured states• Filter measurement noise
1. An optimal controller with minimum measurements and proper estimations2. Reasonable estimation cost
Logic 3: An optimal minimum order controller
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The minimum order controller consists 1. A state estimator 2. An optimal controller
Logic 3: Optimal minimum order controller
Fig 15. The designed minimum order controller.
ActuatorsForce control MB Vehicle
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State Estimator
LQR
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Problem and solutions Aim of work, main features, and innovative aspects
Methodological approach Vehicle models Control logics Actuators Results Conclusion
MeasurementsSpeed Steer angle Lateral acceleration Air springs elongation Air spring pressure
Table 1. Measurements of minimum order controller.
The estimations are in a very good agreement with measurements.√
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– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion
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Suspension response by using controllers - Ramp steering (steady state maneuver, 60 km/h)
1. The controllers have small and acceptable deviations, thus they have satisfactoryresponse for active air springs system.
2. Suspension tilts inward the turn to reach the maximum capacity of air springs andthen it tilts backward.
3. All in all, there is a considerable improvement in rollover threshold.
Fig 21. Normalized load transfer vs. lateral acceleration. Fig 22. Suspension roll angle vs. lateral acceleration.
Comparison of ControllersActive air springs
Actuators capability
Actuators comparison
Active combinations and 5th wheel study Robustness AnalysisRESULTS:RESULTS:
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Suspension response by using controllers - Double lane change steering (Transient maneuver, 60 km/h)
• In DLC the optimal controllers are performing very good.• The response of optimal controllers are better than proportional lateral acceleration
feedback controller which causes higher improvement for them.
Fig 23. Normalized load transfer vs. lateral acceleration. Fig 24. Suspension roll angle vs. lateral acceleration.
Comparison of ControllersActive air springs
Actuators capability
Actuators comparison
Active combinations and 5th wheel study Robustness AnalysisRESULTS:RESULTS:
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Controller selection
The minimum order control logic is the most appropriate control logic for the roll control purpose.
Comparison of ControllersActive air springs
Actuators capability
Actuators comparison
Active combinations and 5th wheel study Robustness AnalysisRESULTS:RESULTS:
Specifications of control logic 3• low number of measurements,• reasonable estimation cost,• very good response in steady state and transient condition,• with disturbance rejection properties.
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– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion
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• Active tractor has the worst maneuverability, even worse than passive vehicle,• Both combinations are worsening the rollover threshold and the active roll control is
recommended to use only for fully active vehicle.
Active combinations
Comparison of ControllersActive air springs
Actuators capability
Actuators comparison
Active combinations and 5th wheel study Robustness AnalysisRESULTS:RESULTS:
Active combinations:1. Active tractor2. Active semitrailer
The comparison considers:1. Rollover threshold improvement in steady state maneuver2. Maximum speed for a severe DLC maneuver
Fully Active Active Tractor Active Semitrailer Passive
– Comparison of different control logics– Comparison of actuators– Active tractor and active trailer– Robustness
7. Conclusion
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Robustness to payload positionRamp steering (steady state maneuver, 60 km/h)
Payload position for three controllers
Standard X +15% X ‐15% X ‐25% Z +15% Z ‐15% X +15% Z +15%Improvement (%) 7.6 9.4 8.7 8.8 7.5 6.0 10.4
Comparison of ControllersActive air springs
Actuators capability
Actuators comparison
Active combinations and 5th wheel study Robustness AnalysisRESULTS:RESULTS:
The robustness analysis was done for different positions of maximum payload• X is the distance of center of payload to hitch
• Z is the height of center of gravity of payload
Table 7. Robustness of active air springs to different payload positions and different controllers.
• All the three controllers are robust to payload positions and even the improvementin the worst condition is more than standard position
• The robustness of minimum order optimal controller is very good for our roll controlsystem.
• Minimum order control is confirmed for its robustness
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Conclusion
Within the constraints and limitation of our system:1. The improvement is comparable with active anti-roll bars2. The energy consumption is low3. The costs are very low and easy to implement
Active air springs Active anti‐roll bars
Main features
Rollover preventability (%) 7.64 17.99
Robustness
Energy consumption of actuators [W] 1650 2118
Installation cost 0 high
Operational cost Very low high
All in all, considering the actuators, rollover threshold improvement, loadtrasnfer reduction, energy consumption and costs:Active air springs are the most proper compromise for this rollover controller.
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