A Coordinative Steering Control Method Based on PID Compensation for an Electric Vehicle

Abstract:

This paper presents a coordinating steering control method in an Electric Vehicle with Four-in-Wheel-Motors Drive and Four-Wheel Independent Steering. This control method applied a PID compensation to solve the absonant steering problem. This research builds a mathematic model for the control system and uses the Matlab simulation to verify the feasibility and control effect. Then it is applied in a real car environment for further experiment in which the paper studies the control effect with varied control parameters. According to the analysis of the experiment, a practical solution for steering System is proposed with excellent control effect.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 644-650)
• Pages: 475-484
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.644-650.475
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Hao Qiu*, Song Feng Liang
• Keywords: Coordination Steering Control, EV, Feed Forward Control, Feedback, Independent Steering, PID Compensation

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