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Lateral Stability Control of a Distributed Electric Vehicle Using a New Sliding Mode Controler

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Lateral instability is a key problem that restricts vehicle motion safety of distributed electric vehicles (DEV). This paper designs a new lateral control system composed of subsystems of high, middle and low levels and brings forth an improved sliding mode controller (SMC) method. The similar reference longitudinal velocity generation system is designed via neural network observer and fuzzy logic controller to ensure the smooth and safe driving of the vehicle on low adhesion roads. Relevant working simulation also is carried out to verify the effectiveness of the control method above. The results show that the new control system based on the improved SMC method brings about good yaw rate and speed tracking performance of vehicles and strong robustness of the control system, and can still ensure excellent lateral driving stability on the low adhesion roads, or when making a turn or the friction coefficient is changed.

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Acknowledgement

This project is supported by the National Key Research and Development Plan (Grant No.: 2017YFB0102600). Also supported by Guangxi Young and Middle-aged Research Foundation Capacity Enhancement Project (No. 2021KY1400). We hereby would like to extend our gratitude towards the sponsors.

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  1. College of Traffic & Transportation, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China

    Yawei Chen & Chenheng Yuan

  2. China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., No.9 Jinyu Avenue, North New District, Chongqing, 401122, China

    Qian Cheng

  3. Liuzhou Railway Vocational Technical College, Liuzhou, 545616, China

    Huafu Gan

  4. Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive componets Co., Ltd., No.301, No.12 Street, Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Xixiang Hao

  5. AIWAYS Automobile (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Room J871, Building 6, No.1288 Yecheng Road, Jiading District, Shanghai, 201800, China

    Yawei Chen

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Chen, Y., Cheng, Q., Gan, H. et al. Lateral Stability Control of a Distributed Electric Vehicle Using a New Sliding Mode Controler. Int.J Automot. Technol. 24, 1089–1100 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-023-0089-3

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