Real-Time Simulations for Design of Active Safety Systems for Multi-Trailer Articulated Heavy Vehicles

Abstract:

This paper introduces a design of active trailer steering system (ATS) for multi-trailer articulated vehicles (MTAHVs) using driver-software-in-the-loop (DSIL) real-time simulations. A yaw-plane MTAHV model is developed to derive an ATS controller. Then, the real-time versions of the controller and MTAHV models are constructed in LabVIEW and TruckSim, respecitvely. With the integration of these models, the real-time simulations are conducted with a vehicle simulator. The simulations indicate that the controller can effectively improve the MTAHV’s directional performance under the specified test maneuvers.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 190-191)
• Pages: 865-869
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.190-191.865
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Xue Jun Ding, Yu Ping He
• Keywords: Active Trailer Steering, Directional Performance Evaluation, Driver-Software-in-the-Loop, Multi-Trailer Articulated Heavy Vehicles, Real-Time Simulations

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