电-液制动系统高速开关电磁阀的建模与动态特性仿真

采用AMESim和ANSYS Maxwell建立了电-液制动系统中高速开关电磁阀的模型,对其动态特性进行仿真,并通过台架试验进行验证。结果表明,所建模型能很好地反映电磁阀的动态特性。

电-液复合制动电动汽车制动感觉一致性及实现方法

提出了电动汽车电-液复合制动系统制动感觉一致性的定义并对其影响因素进行了分析,得到了实现电-液复合制动电动汽车制动感觉一致性的必要条件。提出了实现制动感觉一致性的电-液复合制动系统的设计和实现方法,并通过AMESim仿真验证了电-液复合制动系统的液压制动力矩输出特性能满足制动感觉一致性的实现要求。

纯电动汽车电-液复合制动系统控制算法的多边界条件优化设计

根据纯电动汽车动力系统的特点,提出电-液复合制动系统控制算法的多边界条件优化设计方法。基于对制动强度需求、ECE法规和电机/蓄电池特性等多边界条件的分析,得出制动力分配比例的合理取值范围,以此为基础,提出根据制动强度需求和不同附着系数路面的使用频率等因素确定前后轴制动力分配系数的方法。仿真分析验证了制动力分配算法的有效性和合理性。

多目标遗传算法的电动汽车电-液复合制动系统控制策略优化

控制策略的优化对于电动汽车性能的改善至关重要,电动汽车电-液复合制动控制策略优化的目的是要在满足制动稳定性的前提下尽可能多地回收制动能量。通过引入多目标遗传算法,以制动稳定性及制动能量回收效率为目标,在多个约束条件下对影响电-液复合制动控制策略的多个关键参数进行协同优化,并通过电动汽车再生制动软件仿真平台对优化结果进行了验证。结果表明,优化目标具有很好的收敛性,且优化后的控制策略能够有效提高再生制动能量的回收效率。

Pressure-tracking control of a novel electro-hydraulic braking system considering friction compensation

This work presents an integrated pressure-tracking controller for a novel electro-hydraulic brake(EHB) system considering friction and hydraulic disturbances. To this end, a mathematical model of an EHB system, consisting of actuator and hydraulic sub-systems, is derived for describing the fundamental dynamics of the system and designing the controller. Due to sensor inaccuracy and measurement noise, a Kalman filter is constructed to estimate push rod stroke for generating desired master cylinder pressure. To improve pressure-tracking accuracy, a linear friction model is generated by linearizing the nonlinear Tustin friction model, and the unmodeled friction disturbances are assumed unknown but bounded. A sliding mode controller is designed for compensating friction disturbances, and the stability of the controller is investigated using the Lyapunov method. The performance of the proposed integrated controller is evaluated with a hardware-in-the-loop(HIL) test platform equipped with the EHB prototype. The test results demonstrate that the EHB system with the proposed integrated controller not only achieves good pressure-tracking performance, but also maintains robustness to friction disturbances.

Dynamic characteristics of hydraulic power steering system with accumulator in load-haul-dump vehicle

Using hydraulic power steering system of model EIMCO 922 load-haul-dump vehicle as a simulation example, the dynamic characteristics of hydraulic power steering system in load-haul-dump vehicle were simulated and discussed with SIMULINK software and hydraulic control theory. The results show that the dynamic characteristics of hydraulic power steering system are improved obviously by using bladder accumulator, the hydraulic power steering system of model EIMCO 922 load-haul-dump vehicle generates vibration at the initial stage under the normal steering condition of pulse input, and its static response time is 0.25 s shorter than that without bladder accumulator. Under the normal steering working condition, the capacity of steering accumulator for absorbing pulse is directly proportional to the cross section area of connecting pipeline, and inversely proportional to the length of connecting pipeline. At the same time, the precharge pressure of nitrogen in steering accumulator should be 60%80% of the rated minimum working pressure of hydraulic power steering system. Under the abnormal steering working condition, the steering cylinder piston may obtain higher motion velocity, and the dynamic response velocity of hydraulic power steering system can be increased by reducing the pressure drop of hydraulic pipelines between the accumulator and steering cylinder and by increasing the rated pressure of hydraulic power steering system, but the dynamic characteristics of hydraulic power steering system in load-haul-dump vehicle have nothing to do with the precharge pressure of nitrogen in steering accumulator.

Improved control of intelligent excavator using proportional-integral-plus gain scheduling

Consider the design and implementation of an electro-hydraulic control system for a robotic excavator, namely the Lancaster University computerized and intelligent excavator (LUCIE). The excavator was developed to autonomously dig trenches without human intervention. One stumbling block is the achievement of adequate, accurate, quick and smooth movement under automatic control, which is difficult for traditional control algorithm, e.g. PI/PID. A gain scheduling design, based on the true digital proportional-integral-plus (PIP) control methodology, was utilized to regulate the nonlinear joint dynamics. Simulation and initial field tests both demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of proposed technique to the uncertainties of parameters, time delay and load disturbances, with the excavator arm directed along specified trajectories in a smooth, fast and accurate manner. The tracking error magnitudes for oblique straight line and horizontal straight line are less than 20 mm and 50 mm, respectively, while the velocity reaches 9 m/min.

Cost-Effective Approaches of Circumferential Electro Wedge Brake for Reducing Unbalance-Wears

Existing hydraulic braking systems in the vehicle is composed of the brake pedal, the hydraulic booster and the hydraulic caliper. The driver transmits one＇s breaking intent through the brake pedal stroke and force. The hydraulic booster can amplify the pedal force, only when the engine operates. The hydraulic caliper is composed of cylinders, pistons. There are also hydraulic pipes from the booster to the caliper. Currently, X-By-Wire technology is researched actively due to the exhaustion of fuel and the regulation of CO2. As a chain of this trend, the e-pedal and an electric mechanical brake （EMB） also are highlighted. At the beginning of EMB development, high-torque and high-power motors are required in order to implement the existing hydraulic calipers＇ clamping force. This has some limits as the need of big spaces and high costs. Then the electro wedge brake （EWB） is launching with self-reinforcement features of the wedge structure. EWB can generate big clamping forces with small size and low-torque motors with good braking-efficiency. In recent, the disc＇s circumferential face clamping one has been researched, for better heat-emission ability and better braking-efficiency compared to the existing disc＇s lateral face clamping method. But, this circumferential face clamping method can have worse unbalance-wear features compared to lateral face clamping one. In this study, the authors describe their circumferential EWB concepts, the method for reducing unbalance-wear feature of circumferential EWB, and the cost-effective implementation of circumferential EWB, in particular focused on nonlinear counter-wedge profile which is appropriate to reduce unbalance-wear.

Improving Bandwidth of Three-Stage Electro-Hydraulic Servo Valve Based on Speed-Feedback

In order to improve the dynamic response bandwidth of three-stage electro-hydraulic servo valve,a new method,speed-feedback control is presented in this paper.The construction and principle of three-stage electro-hydraulic servo valve are explained,and the mathematical model of three-stage electro-hydraulic servo valve is built in frequency domain.Experimental and simulation results show that the bandwidth compared with proportional control is improved under speed-feedback control.Moreover,the research results play an important role in developing high performance three-stage electro-hydraulic servo valve.

Disturbance observer based position tracking of electro-hydraulic actuator

A nonlinear controller based on an extended second-order disturbance observer is presented to track desired position for an electro-hydraulic single-rod actuator in the presence of both external disturbances and parameter uncertainties. The proposed extended second-order disturbance observer deals with not only the external perturbations, but also parameter uncertainties which are commonly regarded as lumped disturbances in previous researches. Besides, the outer position tracking loop is designed with cylinder load pressure as output; and the inner pressure control loop provides the hydraulic actuator the characteristic of a force generator. The stability of the closed-loop system is provided based on Lyapunov theory. The performance of the controller is verified through simulations and experiments. The results demonstrate that the proposed nonlinear position tracking controller, together with the extended second-order disturbance observer, gives an excellent tracking performance in the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbance.

Synchronization control for electro-hydraulic dual-cylinder system based on force/position switching

If the rigidity of a mechanism is stiff enough, the position synchronous error of the two cylinders driving one degree-of-freedom （DOF） of the mechanism may be less than the resolution of position sensors. To handle this synchronization problem this paper proposes a force/position switching scheme, which partitions the two cylinders into a master cylinder and a slave cylinder. The master cylinder is always position tracking controlled by a second-order sliding mode controller and the slave cylinder is integrated with a force tracking controller which is a first order sliding mode controller. When the position tracking error is less than a given value, the slave cylinder switches to be force controlled. Two synchronization control methods are presented based on the switching scheme： the master - master ＋ force/position switching control and the master - slave ＋ force/position switching control. Simulations show that the formance compared with two given proposed synchronization control position-based control methods. methods can get a better per-