angle at high speed. In this thesis we focus on bringing about this first and most important advantage of a superimposed steering system. Table 1: Global parameters. merely used during derivation are not included. units. The focus is on symbols that appear in the actual model or controller, i.e., symbo In the following we give the symbols used in this thesis and their respective units. We use S] Table 3: Steering module. Figure 3: Modular simulation model. whole. There are two inputs to the simulation model, namely the vehicle velocity v and the changes can be implemented easily, because there is no need to redesign the model as a Figure 4: Single-track vehicle model. lumped into one wheel at the center line of the vehicle (Figure 4). The body coordinat The differential equations can be derived from Newton’s second law, which says tha The front and rear cornering forces can be separated into x- and y-components, i.e. the acceleration times the mass is equal to the sum of all forces. In mathematical term 2.2.1 First Equation of Single-Track Model 4 Parameters of Vehicle and Friction Modules Figure 6: Measurements of cornering forces. Table 5: Vehicle and friction parameters of small truck. The vehicle and friction parameters of the truck are summarized in Table 5. power electronics and supplied to the permanent-magnet synchronous motor. The output! Figure 8: Low-detail steering module. chapter. The power electronics and PMSM submodules are dealt with in Chapter 5. seen in Figure 8. That is why we only deal with the mechanical system submodule in this Figure 9: Schematic of superimposed steering system. Figure 12: Mechanical system submodule. rack (Figure 13). Figure 13: Rack-and-pinion steering system. olumn. Whenever the steering column rotates, the pinion turns as well, thus moving the Figure 14: Decomposed steering system. transformed into the rotational frame of reference of the steering column as well. This is be multiplied by eight in order to obtain the actual inertia. The integral in the z- an In order to make solving the integral easier, we will integrate merely over one eighth of Finally, we also integrate in the z-direction. Then the total inertia of the steering system is Table 6: Parameters of initial steering module. The initial steering parameters of the truck are summarized in Table 6. The density of the wheels is p = 3.1825 * 10-7 kg/mm/?, the radius is R = 352 mm and the width is d = 232 mm. Using these numerical values the value of the inertia is Figure 17: Desired steering ratio. velocity v (Figure 17). Below the velocity Umin = 4.167 m/sec the ratio should be a constant Figure 18: Structure of analog position controller. We use the control approach shown in Figure 18. There are two main parts to the controller Figure 19: Simplified representation of steering module. we show a simplified representation of the steering module. There is a steering gear with ¢ Figure 20: Linearization of Coulomb friction. actuator into saturation. A small slope will result in slower rejection of Coulomb friction. Our priority here however is not to saturate the actuator. That is why we choose the Figure 21: Step response of desired transfer function. The step response of the desired transfer function with the performance criteria is shown Figure 22: Plant with two-parameter model matching controller. educes the number of integrators to a minimum (Figure 22). The prerequisites for modeé nce. This also eliminates the problem of possible unstable pole-zero cancellation anc s satisfied. Here n = 2 and deg D,(s) = 3. That is why it would be sufficient to choose the This system is underdetermined. Still, we want disturbance rejection. We will see later that and solve the linear equation for the remaining A; and Mj. Figure 23: Road for highway scenario. at constant velocity on a highway with two subsequent curves (Figure 23). The driver’: We assess the behavior of the superimposed steering system by having the vehicle drive steering wheel angle has been selected such that the vehicle follows the given road. The Figure 24: Steering input for highway scenario. Figure 25: Superimposed steering angle and torque output for highway scenario. Figure 26: Desired and actual steering ratio for highway scenario. Figure 27: Road for city city scenario. Figure 28: Steering and velocity inputs for inner city scenario. Figure 29: Superimposed steering angle and torque output for inner city scenario. Hence, the output of the controller in our model is the voltage v as shown in Figure 31. Figure 31: High-detail steering module. tributed stator windings. We do not model the dynamics of the power electronics here. phases of the PMSM are The indices a, b and ¢ represent the three stator phases. v,q(t), vp(t) and v-(t) are the phase The derivation of the equations is adapted from [12]. The voltage equations for all three voltages, i,(t), 7,(t) and i,(t) are the phase currents and A(t), A,(t) and A-(t) are the flux where 6@(t) is the rotor position, L the stator self-inductance, M is the stator-to-stato1 is shifted by 27/3 between each of the three phases, is linkages. R is the resistance which is assumed to be the same in all phases. The flux, which Figure 33: Current in individual phases of PMSM. Since we only have the constant supply voltage, all we can do is switch the voltage in Table 9: Parameters of high-detail steering module. The steering parameters of the high-detail steering module are summarized in Table 9 Figure 34: Pulse-width modulated inverter. 36. The input to the current controller is the desired torque output Thy,,, and the outputs structure of the outer position controller and the inner current controller is shown in Figure Figure 37: Superimposed steering angle and torque output for highway scenario. in Figure 37. Figure 38: Desired and actual steering ratio for highway scenario. the desired steering ratio (Figure 38). We can once again conclude that the combination o Figure 39: Phase currents for highway scenario. Figure 40: Superimposed steering angle and torque output for inner city scenario. Figure 41: Desired and actual steering ratio for inner city scenario. und C2(s) (Table 10). If we apply equation (75) to transform from the s- to the z-domain we obtain Table 11. Hence the transfer functions of the discrete controller are Table 11: Poles, zeros and gains of Ci(z) and Co(z). Figure 43: Desired and actual steering ratio for different values of T. for this. In Figure 43 we show the simulation results for the steering ratio for T = 1 msec Figure 45: Visualization of feedforward control. The graphical representation of Tf as a function of i ,., and df is shown in Figur Digital model matching would be the logical choice for the digital position controller. First. Figure 46: Feasible range of p,, po and p3. Once again we take the partial derivatives of the left side of equation (93) and determine Figure 47: Feasible range of a, 6 and c. description is To simplify the notation we neglect the disturbance torque Tp in the derivation of the differentiate the original signal 6.,,,. We intend to save cost by finding a way around this. Figure 49: Desired and actual steering ratio for highway scenario. as compared to the desired steering ratio in the highway scenario (Figure 49). Unlike t: Figure 50: Desired and actual superimposed steering angle for highway scenario Figure 51: Desired and actual steering ratio for inner city scenario. Figure 52: Desired and actual superimposed steering angle for inner city scenario. Figure 53: Validation Square. in most instances it is not possible to actually prove the validity outside of the example concepts have been illustrated in Figure 54. Except for Chapter 1 and Chapter 8, whicl Figure 54: Internal consistency of derivation. Third, we checked and evaluated our results at several instances in the design process. Thes« Table 12: Independent and dependent control parameters. reduced-order estimator and analog current controller. We evaluate the performance indices Table 13: Principal characteristics to be maintained. We now develop the functions from the two premises. We first look at K7g. We assum: Figure 56: C’P response surface for changes in control parameters. Figure 57: CE response surface for changes in control parameters. Figure 58: CP response surface for changes in plant parameters. Table 14: Modifications to assess validity of control parameters. located in the center of the surface. At this point C’P is the lowest, i.e., we have the highest Figure 59: CE response surface for changes in plant parameters. Figure 60: Comparison of C’P for estimator and sensor. responses for C’P and variations in T in Figure 60. Using this figure it is now possible controller described in the previous chapters (Figure 61). On the highest level are the three Figure 61: Structure of Simulink implementation. Figure 62: Simulation model. In the following sections we give screenshots of all Simulink modules. Figure 65: Mechanical System.
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