A comparative study of multi-trailer articulated heavy-vehicle models

作者：Islam Md Manjurul; He Yuping^*; Zhu Shenjin; Wang Qiushi

来源：Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering , 2015, 229(9): 1200-1228.

DOI：10.1177/0954407014557053

• Vehicle model validation
• multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicles
• directional performance
• linear stability analysis
• frequency-response analysis
• linear yaw-plane model
• linear yaw-roll model
• non-linear TruckSim model

This paper provides valuable guidelines on the selection of dynamic vehicle models for control algorithm development, design optimization and linear stability analysis for multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicles with active safety systems. The validation of yaw-plane and yaw-roll models of a tractor-two-semitrailer combination using the TruckSim software package is presented in this paper. A linear four-degree-of-freedom yaw-plane model and a linear seven-degree-of-freedom yaw-roll model of the vehicle were generated, compared and evaluated. The linear models of the multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicle yield numerical simulation results which are validated by comparing with those obtained from the corresponding non-linear TruckSim model. This paper also includes eigenvalue and frequency-response analysis of the linear models to estimate the unstable motion modes and to predict the unique dynamic features of the multi-trailer articulated heavy vehicle in the frequency domain. A benchmark investigation of the models was performed to examine the fidelity, the complexity and the applicability of the linear models.

• 出版日期2015-8