Accurate real-time truck simulation via semirecursive formulation and Adams-Bashforth-Moulton algorithm

In this paper, a tailored four-step Adams-Bashforth-Moulton (ABM) algorithm is applied to a semirecursive formulation to perform a real-time simulation of a semitrailer truck. In the ABM algorithm, each integration step involves two function evaluations, namely predictor and corrector. This is fundamentally different when compared to the classic fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK) integrator approach that contains four function evaluations. A semitrailer truck under investigation is modeled in term of a semirecursive method and simulated by using the presented ABM algorithm. The results show that the four-step ABM method can reduce CPU time almost 50% for solving the truck dynamics with very similar accuracy, in comparison to the fourth-order RK method. The presented ABM algorithm could be used in the semirecursive formulation to carry out accurate real-time simulation of medium-large vehicle systems.