Disclosure of Invention
The active suspension pre-aiming control system aims at solving the problems that the existing active suspension pre-aiming control mode is single, the requirement that the emergency rescue vehicle can achieve a good control effect when running at high speed and low speed can not be met, and the stability of the pre-aiming control system when running at high speed on a complex road surface can not be solved. The invention provides an intelligent pre-aiming control method for suspending an emergency rescue vehicle, which has two modes of front pre-aiming control or interaxial pre-aiming control.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
an intelligent pre-aiming control method for suspending an emergency rescue vehicle adopts a detection system which comprises a vehicle speed detector, an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), a vehicle front pre-aiming sensor and an acceleration sensor;
the vehicle speed detector is used for measuring the current running speed of the emergency rescue vehicle;
the electronic control unit ECU is used for deciding the control mode adopted by the front road surface according to the vehicle running speed v detected by the vehicle speed detector and the speed node v calculated by the preprocessing modulemaxJudging a control mode adopted by the front road surface; said velocity node vmaxI.e. the maximum allowable vehicle speed vmax(ii) a The electronic control unit ECU comprises a preprocessing module, a vehicle front pre-aiming control module and an inter-axle pre-aiming control module; the preprocessing module provides a speed node for a control mode adopted by an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to decide a front road surface, and the specific method is that the speed node is provided according to the current vehicle speed v and the front road surface unevenness ztInformation calculation active suspension system vehicle front pre-aiming control allowed maximum vehicle running speed vmax(ii) a Front pre-aiming control module of vehicleThe block controls the whole vehicle suspension system according to the front road information; the inter-axle pre-aiming control module controls the rear wheel suspension actuator according to the front wheel state information;
the plantago preview sensor is used for the road surface information in the certain distance in place ahead of emergency rescue vehicle collection, wherein includes: road surface unevenness z in front of the vehicletThe pre-aiming distance L of the vehicle;
the acceleration sensor is used for measuring the acceleration information of the front wheels of the vehicle and calculating the state information of the front wheels according to the acceleration.
The method comprises the following steps:
step 1: measuring the current vehicle running speed v by using a vehicle speed detector in a cab; measuring road surface information including road surface unevenness z in front of the vehicle within a certain distance in front by using a vehicle front pre-aiming sensor in front of the vehicletAnd the pre-aiming distance L of the vehicle; measuring acceleration information of a front wheel with an acceleration sensor of the front wheel of the vehicle;
step 2: measuring the current vehicle running speed v and the front road surface unevenness ztThe information is transmitted to a preprocessing module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a speed node v allowed by the front pre-aiming control of the active suspension system is calculatedmax;
And step 3: transmitting the measured road surface information to a vehicle front pre-aiming control module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU); transmitting the measured acceleration information of the front wheel to an inter-axle pre-aiming control module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU);
and 4, step 4: comparing the current vehicle running speed v with the speed node vmaxThe electronic control unit ECU selects and executes a front pre-aiming module or an inter-axle pre-aiming module to form a final control method; the current vehicle running speed v is less than the speed node vmaxWhen the vehicle is in use, the electronic control unit ECU executes a vehicle front pre-aiming control module; calculating a pre-aiming control instruction according to road surface information measured by a front pre-aiming sensor, and respectively sending control signals to corresponding active suspension actuating mechanisms; the current vehicle running speed v is greater than the speed node vmaxWhen the system is used, an electronic control unit ECU executes an inter-shaft pre-aiming control module; calculating a pre-aiming control instruction according to front wheel state information measured by the acceleration sensor,and respectively sending the control signals to the corresponding active suspension actuating mechanisms.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) when the vehicle running speed is lower than the speed node, the vehicle front pre-aiming module is executed, and when the vehicle running speed is higher than the speed node, the inter-axle pre-aiming module is executed, so that the advantages of the vehicle front pre-aiming control and the inter-axle pre-aiming control are combined, the good control effect of the suspension system is obtained when the suspension system runs at high speed and low speed, and the switching of the method is continuous when the method is controlled at low speed and high speed; the control effect of the emergency rescue vehicle during high-speed and low-speed running is improved, and the problem of stability of the pre-aiming control system during high-speed running of the complex road surface is solved.
(2) The suspension control method provided by the invention integrates the front pre-aiming control and the inter-axle pre-aiming control. The pre-aiming control before the vehicle has better effect when the vehicle runs on a bad road surface at low speed and has poor effect when the vehicle runs at high speed; the effect of the inter-axle pre-aiming control is better when the vehicle runs on a good road at a high speed and is not good when the vehicle runs on a bad road. The speed node of the high-low speed boundary is determined by the maximum allowable time lag of the control system, so that the stability of the suspension control system can be obviously improved when the control method provided by the invention runs on a complex road surface at a high speed, and a good control effect is achieved.
(3) The control system provided by the invention has the advantages of high stability, good real-time performance, simple and easy control method, wide application, and easy realization and popularization.
Detailed Description
The following further describes embodiments of the method of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings:
the control effect of the emergency rescue vehicle during high-speed and low-speed running is improved, and the problem of stability of a pre-aiming control system during high-speed running of a complex road surface is solved. The invention provides an intelligent pre-aiming control method for hanging an emergency rescue vehicle.
The detection system adopted by the method of the invention, as shown in fig. 1, comprises a vehicle front preview sensor 1, a vehicle speed detector 2, an acceleration sensor 3 and an electronic control unit ECU 4. Wherein, the front pre-aiming sensor 1 is arranged at the front part of the vehicle with reasonable installation angle and installation height, and collects the road surface unevenness z in a certain distance L in frontt(ii) a The vehicle speed detector 2 is installed in a vehicle cab; the acceleration sensor 3 is fixed on the vehicle active suspension actuator by welding; the electronic control unit ECU4 is installed in a vehicle cab and comprises a preprocessing module, a vehicle front pre-aiming control module and an inter-axle pre-aiming control module.
The vehicle speed detector is used for measuring the current running speed of the emergency rescue vehicle;
the electronic control unit ECU is used for deciding the control mode adopted by the front road surface according to the running speed v of the vehicle speed detector and the speed node v calculated by the preprocessing modulemaxJudging a control mode adopted by the front road surface; said velocity node vmaxIs the maximum allowable vehicle speed vmax(ii) a The electronic control unit ECU includes: the system comprises a preprocessing module, a vehicle front pre-aiming control module and an inter-axle pre-aiming control module;
the preprocessing module provides a speed node for a control mode adopted by an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to decide a front road surface, and the specific method is that the speed node is provided according to the current vehicle speed v and the front road surface unevenness ztInformation calculation active suspension system vehicle front pre-aiming control allowed maximum vehicle running speed vmaxI.e. velocity node vmax;
The front pre-aiming control module controls a whole vehicle suspension system according to front road surface information;
the inter-axle pre-aiming control module controls the rear wheel suspension actuator according to the front wheel state information;
the plantago preview sensor is used for the road surface information in the certain distance in place ahead of emergency rescue vehicle collection, wherein includes: road ahead of vehicleSurface unevenness ztAnd the pre-aiming distance L of the vehicle;
the acceleration sensor is used for measuring the acceleration information of the front wheels of the vehicle and calculating the state information of the front wheels according to the acceleration.
As shown in fig. 2: a typical one-half vehicle active suspension system model, where M represents the semi-vehicle body mass, I represents the semi-vehicle body moment of inertia, θ represents the pitch angle at the center of mass of the body, and Z represents the pitch angleMIs the vertical displacement of the center of mass, dfAnd drRespectively the distance from the center of mass of the vehicle body to the front and rear axles, mfAnd mrRepresenting unsprung masses, k, of the front and rear axles, respectivelysfAnd ksrThe stiffness coefficients of the front and rear suspension damping springs, csfAnd csrRespectively front and rear suspension damping coefficient ufAnd urInput force, k, for front and rear suspension actuators, respectivelytfAnd ktrThe stiffness coefficients of the front and rear tires, respectively. z is a radical oftThe road surface unevenness in front is measured by a front pre-aiming sensor, and L is the front pre-aiming distance.
The method utilizes the measurement information of a vehicle speed detector and a vehicle front sighting sensor to construct a displacement and speed feedback gain matrix related to a control system, and further calculates the maximum time lag t allowed by the control system according to a Nyquist stability criterionmaxTo determine the velocity node v in the ECUmax. The measured road surface unevenness ztThe information is transmitted to a vehicle front pre-aiming control module in an electronic control unit ECU; and transmitting the measured acceleration information of the front wheels to an inter-axle pre-aiming control module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). Comparing the current vehicle running speed v with the speed node vmaxAnd the electronic control unit ECU selects to execute a front pre-aiming module or an inter-axle pre-aiming module to form a final control method. As shown in the flow chart of fig. 3, the details of the method of the present invention are as follows:
step 1: measuring the current vehicle running speed v by using a vehicle speed detector in a cab; measuring road surface information including road surface unevenness z in front of the vehicle within a certain distance in front by using a vehicle front pre-aiming sensor in front of the vehicletAnd the pre-aiming distance L of the vehicle; in front of vehiclesThe acceleration sensor of the wheel measures the acceleration information of the front wheel;
step 2: measuring the current vehicle running speed v and the front road surface unevenness ztThe information is transmitted to a preprocessing module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), and a speed node v allowed by the front pre-aiming control of the active suspension system is calculatedmax;
The maximum allowable time lag of the whole vehicle can be calculated by a quarter of the vehicle suspension system according to the characteristics of the control system.
As shown in fig. 4, the quarter vehicle active suspension system dynamics equation is established:
wherein m isbIs sprung mass, mwIs an unsprung mass, csIs the damping coefficient, k, of the shock absorbersIs the spring rate, ktAs tire stiffness, xbFor vertical displacement of the body, xwFor vertical displacement of the tyre, y is the function of the unevenness of the road surface, ufIs the control force of the actuator.
Performing modal coordinate transformation on the above dynamic equation
x(t)=αD(t) (3)
Wherein α ═ α1,α2]Is a second-order matrix, and D (t) is a 2x1 order modal coordinate vector.
Substituting the equation (3) into the equations (1) and (2) and properly arranging to obtain a decoupling equation:
wherein ζiAnd ωiThe frequency and damping coefficient, u, of the ith order mode, respectivelyi(t) is the control of the ith order modeForce.
Wherein G is1And G2Respectively, the current vehicle running speed v and the front road surface unevenness z measured in step 1tAnd (4) calculating.
Writing equation (4) as a state equation:
taking an objective function:
The control force can be obtained by applying the LQR control principle:
wherein:
and satisfies the Riccati matrix equation:
solving equation (8) yields:
wherein
Controlling the maximum time lag t allowed by the system according to the Nyquist stability criteriondiSatisfies the following conditions:
after proper arrangement operation, the following are obtained:
maximum allowable time lag t of time lag modal control systemmaxMaximum allowable time lag t for each control modedi(i ═ 1, 2) minimum:
tmax=Min{td1 td2}。
in order to ensure the control effect and the system stability thereof, the control time t of the front pre-aiming at the vehicle is more than the maximum allowable time lag t of the control systemmaxI.e. t > tmax。
The pre-aiming distance of the front pre-aiming sensor is L, and the maximum vehicle running speed v allowed by the front pre-aiming control exists
maxI.e. by
Maximum vehicle running speed v allowed by front pre-aiming controlmaxDefined as the velocity node.
And step 3: transmitting the measured road surface information to a vehicle front pre-aiming control module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU); transmitting the measured acceleration information of the front wheel to an inter-axle pre-aiming control module in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU);
and 4, step 4: comparing the current vehicle running speed v with the speed node vmaxAnd the electronic control unit ECU selects to execute a front pre-aiming module or an inter-axle pre-aiming module to form a final control method.
When the current vehicle running speed v is less than the speed node vmaxThe ECU executes the pre-aiming control before the vehicleAnd (5) modules.
And calculating a pre-aiming control command according to the road surface information measured by the front pre-aiming sensor, and respectively sending the control signal to the corresponding active suspension actuating mechanism.
The control system of the classical front pre-aiming control has good stability when the vehicle runs at low speed. However, the control effect is not ideal when the vehicle travels at high speed, and instability of the control system may be caused.
When the current vehicle running speed v is greater than the speed node vmaxAnd the electronic control unit ECU executes an inter-shaft pre-aiming control module.
And calculating a pre-aiming control instruction according to front wheel state information measured by the acceleration sensor, and respectively sending control signals to corresponding active suspension actuating mechanisms.
The control time lag of the classic interaxle pre-aiming control system is far smaller than that of a vehicle front pre-aiming control system, so that the control system can meet the requirement of higher vehicle speed driving, but only controls the vibration condition of a rear wheel, and the driving smoothness and the operation stability of the vehicle are difficult to effectively improve on a severe road surface.