From the system (1), we consider the longitudinal and lateral velocity and the yaw rate as the components of the state vector: The following table summarizes the vehicle characteristics and parameter’s numerical values. Before use of the vehicle model developed above in order to estimate the tire/road forces and to evaluate the friction coefficient as well as the sideslip angle, a simulation is run in order to compare results obtained with model to real measurements collected with an equipped prototype vehicle running on the Satory test track of the Versailles city, France. Fig. 1. Four wheels vehicle model In this paper, we use a four wheel vehicle model [10] which is represented in the figure (1). It is a simplified nonlinear vehicle model that considers the tire/road forces. The dynamic motion of the vehicle is modeled by three equations that represent respectively the longitudinal and lateral translational motion and the yaw rotational movement: In equation (5) we use the longitudinal and lateral vehicle velocities at the tire/road contact point, vpz; and vpy; for each tire. These velocities are given using the following reference change. where A; and a; represent respectively the longitudinal and lateral slip of each tire, Cz, and Cy, are respectively longitudinal and lateral stiffness, and F;,; is the normal force applied on each tire. A;, a; and normal forces F;,; are given as follows: Using the block diagram of figure (2), the model is simulated using the steering angle and the wheel speeds as input. The selected driving profile covers sufficient transient behavior and large lateral velocity values. The model state vector output is compared to real measurements collected with prototype vehicle. Figure (3) shows that the longitudinal and lateral vehicle velocity as well as the yaw rate are similar to the measurements, the simulation error is given in figure (4). This simulation study proves that the mathematical model developed above gives a good description of the real dynam- ical evolution of the vehicle. Thus, this model can be used as a basis for the estimation of the dynamic state and the evaluation of the friction coefficient and sideslip angle. Fig. 5. Estimation bloc diagram Fig. 7. Dynamic State Estimation Error The dynamic state estimation results are given in figure (6) where the longitudinal velocity and the yaw rate are considered as input measurements while the lateral vehicle velocity measurement is only used for comparison. Thus, comparing with the test vehicle measurements, these results show that the estimation of the lateral velocity performs very well. The estimation error is given in figure (7). Now one can ensure a good estimation of the dynamic state and evaluate the longitudinal and lateral forces which are given in figure (8) and (9) respectively. Fig. 8. Longitudinal Forces Estimation IV. USED FRICTION COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION Several approaches can be used to model friction. Number of them are based on detailed physical modeling while other are based on characteristic functions. A good summary of the main available models can be found in [15]. All the models define the friction coefficient js, as the ratio between the friction forces and the vertical force. Thus one can have longitudinal and lateral friction coefficient referring to longitudinal and lateral forces. Fig. 10. Longitudinal Friction Coefficient 1 and it is less than 0.5, which represents that the estimated friction coefficient is the used friction that must be normally less than the available friction of the road (fixed at 0.8 for dry road). This estimation is important to evaluate the ratio of the used friction and then to know the remaining available one. This paper proposes a method to estimate the dynamic states and t he tire/road forces in order to evaluate the sideslip angle and the mobilized friction coefficient that are among the most important parameters that influence run-off-road risk and ve hicle stability. The setting of an estimator needs a vehicle model. A four wheel vehicle model is chosen because it is simp application Extended e but sufficiently accurate for the considered . After model validation on measurement set, the Kalman Filter is used in order to estimate the Given the estimated longitudinal and lateral vehicle ve- locity, v; and vy, at the CG, the sideslip angle is defined by: Thus, figures (12) and (13) are the estimated sideslip angle and the estimation error respectively. As it is clear in figure (12) the estimated sideslip angle and the measured one are well merged.
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