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The term vehicle motion refers to the translation along and rotation about all three axes (i.e., longitudinal, lateral, and vertical) for a vehicle. By the term longitudinal axis, we mean the axis that is parallel to the ground (vehicle at rest) on a horizontal plane along the length of the car. The lateral axis is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and is also parallel to the ground (vehicle at rest). The vertical axis is orthogonal to both the longitudinal and lateral axes.
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CHAPTER
VEHICLE MOTION CONTROLS
7
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Representative Cruise Control System ................................................................................................. 344
Digital Cruise Control ........................................................................................................... 351
Hardware Implementation Issues .......................................................................................... 354
Throttle Actuator ................................................................................................................. 356
Cruise Control Electronics .................................................................................................................. 359
Stepper Motor-Based Actuator Electronics ............................................................................. 360
Vacuum-Operated Actuator ................................................................................................... 362
Advanced Cruise Control ...................................................................................................... 364
Antilock Braking System .................................................................................................................... 368
Tire Slip Controller .............................................................................................................. 377
Electronic Suspension System ............................................................................................................ 377
Variable Damping via Variable Strut Fluid Viscosity ................................................................ 395
Variable Spring Rate ............................................................................................................ 396
Electronic Suspension Control System ................................................................................................. 397
Electronic Steering Control ................................................................................................... 398
Four-Wheel Steering Car .................................................................................................................... 401
Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 408
The term vehicle motion refers to the translation along and rotation about all three axes (i.e., longitu-
dinal, lateral, and vertical) for a vehicle. By the term longitudinal axis, we mean the axis that is parallel
to the ground (vehicle at rest) on a horizontal plane along the length of the car. The lateral axis is
orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and is also parallel to the ground (vehicle at rest). The vertical axis
is orthogonal to both the longitudinal and lateral axes.
Rotations of the vehicle around these three axes correspond to angular displacement of the car body
in roll, yaw, and pitch. Roll refers to angular displacement about the longitudinal axis; yaw refers to
angular displacement about the vertical axis; and pitch refers to angular displacement about the
lateral axis.
In characterizing the vehicle dynamic motion, it is common practice to define a body-centered
Cartesian coordinate system in which the x-axis is the longi tudinal axis with positive forward. The
y-axis is the lateral axis and is taken as the lateral axis with the positive sense to the right-hand side
(RHS). The vertical axis is taken as the z-axis with the positive sense up.
Understanding Automotive Electronics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-810434-7.00007-7
Copyright # 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
343

The vehicle dynamic motion is represented as displacement, velocity, and acceleration of the ve-
hicle relative to an earth-centered, earth-fixed (ECEF) inertial coordinate system (as will be explained
later in this chapter) in response to forces acting on it. Although strictly speak ing, the ECEF coordinate
system is not tru ly an inertial reference, with respect to the types of motion of interest in most vehicle
dynamics, it is essentially an inertial reference system.
Electronic controls have been recently developed with the capability of regulating the motion along
and about all three axes. Individual car models employ variou s selected combinations of these controls.
This chapter discusses motion control electronics beginning with control of motion along the longitu-
dinal axis in the form of a cruise control system.
The forces and moments/torque that influence vehicle motion along the longitudinal axis include
those due to the power train (including, in selected models and traction control), the brakes, the aero-
dynamic drag, and the tire-rolling resistance, as well as the influence of gravity when the car is moving
on a road with a nonzero inclination (or grade). In a traditional cruise control system, the tractive force
due to the power train is balanced against all resisting forces to maintain a constant speed. In an
advanced cruise control (ACC) system, brakes are also automatically applied as required to maintain
speed when going down a hill of sufficiently steep grade . Longitudinal vehicle motion refers to trans-
lation of the vehicle in an ECEF y-z plane.
REPRESENTATIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM
Automotive cruise control is an excellent example of the type of electronic feedback control system
that is discussed in general terms in Appendix A. It is explained in Appendix A that the components of a
closed-loop control system include the plant or system being controlled and a sensor for measuring the
plant variable being regulated. It also includes an electronic control system that receives inputs in the
form of the desired value of the regulated variable and the measured value of that variable from the
sensor. The control system generates an error signal constituting the difference between the desired
and actual values of this variable. It then generates an output from this error signal that drives an elec-
tromechanical actuat or. The actuator controls the input to the plant in such a way that the regulated
plant variable is moved toward the desired value.
We begin with a simplified traditional cruise control for a vehicle traveling along a straight road
(along the x-axis in our ECEF coordinate system). An ACC is explained in a later section of this
chapter. In the case of a traditional cruise control, the variable being regulated is the vehicle speed:
V ¼
dx
dt
where x is the translation of the vehicle in the ECEF frame.
The driver manually sets the car speed at the desired value via the accelerator pedal. Upon reaching
the desired speed (V
d
), the driver activates a momentary contact switch that sets that speed as the com-
mand input to the control system. From that point on, the cruise control system maintai ns the desired
speed automatically by operating the throttle via a throttle actuator.
Under normal driving circumstances, the total external forces acting on the vehicle are such that a
net positive traction force (from the power train) is required to maintain a constant vehicle speed. The
total external forces acting on the vehicle include rolling resistance of the tires, aerodynamic drag, and a
component of vehicle weight whenever the vehicle is traveling on a road with a slope relative to level.
344 CHAPTER 7 VEHICLE MOTION CONTROLS

However, when the car is on a downward sloping road of sufficient grade, drag, and tire-rolling resis-
tance are insufficient to prevent vehicle acceleration (i.e.,
_
V > 0) and maintaining a constant vehicle
speed requires a negative tractive force that the power train cannot deliver. In this case, the car will
accelerate unless brakes are applied. For our initial discussion, we assume this latter condition does
not occur and that no braking is required. It is further assumed that the power train has sufficient power
capability of maintaining constant vehicle speed on an up-sloping grade.
The plant being controlled consists of the power train (i.e., engine and drivetrain), which propels the
vehicle through the drive axles and wheels. As described above, the load on this plant include s friction
and aerodynamic drag as well as a portion of the vehicle weight when the car is going up- and
downhills.
For an understanding of the dynamic performance of a cruise control, it is helpful to devel op a
model for vehicle motion along a road. The basic performance of a cruise control can be presented
with a few simplifying assumptions. In the interest of safety, a typical traditional cruise control cannot
be activated below a certain speed (e.g., 40 mph). For the purposes of presenting the present somewhat
simplified model, it is assumed that the vehicle is traveling along a straight road at a cruise speed with
the automatic transmission in torque converter lockup mode (see Chapter 6). This assumption removes
some power train dynamics from the model. It is further assumed that the transmission is in direct drive
such that its gear ratio is 1. The total gear ratio is given by the differential/transaxle gear ratio g
A
where
typically 2:8 g
A
4:0. Under this assumption, the torque applied to the drive wheels T
w
is given by
T
w
¼g
A
T
b
(7.1)
where T
b
is the engine brake torque.
The cruise control system employs an actuator that moves the throttle in response to the control
signal. Of course whenever the cruise control is disconnected (e.g., by brake application), this actuator
must release control of the throttle such that the driver controls throttle angular position via the accel-
erator pedal and associated linkage. Except for roads with relatively steep grades, normally, once cruise
control is activated relatively small, changes in throttle position are required to maintain selected
vehicle speed. For our simplified model, we assume that T
b
varies linearly with cruise control output
electrical signal u:
T
b
¼K
a
u (7.2)
where K
a
is a constant for the engine/throttle actuator. This assumption, though not strictly valid,
permits a system performance analysis using the discussion of linear control theory of Appendix A
without any serious loss of generality.
A vehicle traveling along a straight road at speed V experiences forces due to the wheel torque T
w
,
aerodynamic drag D tire-rolling resistance F
rr
, and inertial forces. A dynamic model for the vehicle
longitudinal speed in m/s or ft/s (i.e., along the direction of travel and vehicle fore/aft axis) is given by
M
_
V + D + F
rr
¼
g
A
T
b
r
w
W
V
sinθ (7.3)
where
M ¼vehicle mass
W
V
¼vehicle weight (Mg)
g ¼gravitational constant (e.g., 9.81 m/s
2
or 32 ft/s
2
)
r
w
¼drive wheel effective radius
345REPRESENTATIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM

F
rr
¼μ
rr
W
V
μ
rr
¼coefficient of tire-rolling resistance
0:02 μ
rr
0:04 typically
θ ¼angle of the road surface relative to a horizontal plane
Drag force D ¼
ρ
2
C
D
S
ref
V + V
w
ðÞ
2
ρ ¼air density
C
D
¼drag coefficient
S
ref
¼reference area
V
w
¼the component of wind along vehicle longitudinal axis (positive for head wind negative
for tail wind).
In specifying a drag coefficient for a car, it is necessary to specify a reference area. Although the choice
of S
ref
is somewhat arbitrary, conventional practice takes the largest vehicle cross-sectional area
projected in a body y-z plane. In the above nonlinear differential Eq. (7.3), the first term on the
RHS is the force acting on the vehicle due to the applied road torque acting at the tire/road interface
due to the power train, and g
A
is the combined gear ratio from the engine to the drive axle. The second
term on the RHS is the component of force along the vehicle axis due to its weight and any road slope
expressed by θ.
For a car traveling at constant cruise speed V
C
(i.e.,
_
V ¼0) along a level, horizontal road (i.e., θ ¼0)
with zero wind, the differential equation above reduces to an algebra ic expression in terms of the engine
brake torque and speed V
C
:
ρ
C
D
S
ref
2
V
2
C
+ μ
rr
W
V
¼g
A
T
b
r
w
(7.4)
This equation permits a determination of engine brake torque versus cruise speed for a level road.
If the vehicle is traveling at a steady speed along a hill with slope angle θ, then the T
b
is determined
from the following equation:
g
A
T
b
r
w
¼ρ
C
D
S
ref
V
2
C
2
+ μ
rr
W
V
+ Mgsinθ (7.5)
For the operation of the cruise control system, it is normally sufficient to model vehicle dynamics with a
linearized version of the nonlinear differential equation. The drag term can be linearized by represent-
ing vehicle instantane ous speed (V(t)) with the approximate model assuming for simplicity that V
w
¼0:
D ¼D
C
+ δD
VtðÞ¼V
C
+ δV
(7.6)
where D
C
is the drag at speed V
C
:
δD ¼
dD
dV
V
C
δV
¼ρC
D
S
ref
V
C
δV
¼K
D
δV
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where K
D
is a constant for a given initial steady cruise speed V
C
and constant ρ and δV is the variation in
speed about V
C
.
In modeling the cruise control system, it is helpful to consider the influence of road grade (θ)asa
disturbance. This distur bance can be linearized to a close approximation by the substitution (provided
that the slope of the hill is sufficiently small):
sinθ θ
The linearized equation of motion is given by
Mδ
_
V + ρC
D
S
ref
V
C
δV Mgθ ¼g
A
δT
b
r
w
(7.7)
The operational transfer function H
p
(s) for the “plant” for zero disturbance (i.e., θ ¼0) is given by
H
p
sðÞ¼
δVsðÞ
δT
b
sðÞ
¼
g
A
= Mr
w
ðÞ
s + ρ
C
D
S
ref
V
C
M
(7.8)
The configuration for a representative automotive cruise control is shown in Fig. 7.1.
When the vehicle reaches the desired speed V
d
under normal driver accelerator pedal regulation of
the throttle, to activate cruise control at that speed the driver pushes a momentary contact switch S
1
in
Fig. 7.1, thereby setting the command speed in the controller. At this point, control of the throttle
position is via the cruise control actuator. The momentary contact (push-button) switch that sets the
command speed (V
d
) is denoted S
1
in Fig. 7.1 .
Also shown in this figure is a disengage switch that completely disengages the cruise control system
from the power supply such that throttle control reverts back to the accelerator pedal. This switch is
denoted S
2
in Fig. 7.1 and is a safety feature. In an actual cruise control system, the disable function can
be activated in a variety of ways, including the master power switch for the cruise control system and a
brake pedal-activated switch that disengages the cruise control any time that the brake pedal is moved
from its rest position.
Actual
speed
Command
speed
Electrical
power
Air
Throttle
Controller
Engine
drivetrain
Control
signal
Throttle
actuator
Speed
sensor
To drive
axles
V
S
1
S
2
FIG. 7.1 Cruise control configuration.
347REPRESENTATIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM
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