Research on Stability Simulation for Four-Wheel Independent Steering Electric Vehicle

Handling dynamic model is established for the four-wheel independent steering electric vehicle (4WISEV) that has been developed by our research group. Handling dynamics simulation is conducted under Matlab environment with the parameters of the vehicle model, including the yaw rate, the lateral acceleration and the vehicle sideslip angle time domain and frequency domain characteristic simulation. Through analyzing the simulation results, it is indicated that, by adopting the feedforward control of the front steer angle and the feedback control of the yaw rate and vehicle speed which enable the vehicle sideslip angle to approximate zero, 4WISEV can effectively increase the handling stability of the vehicle and the tracking ability during steering process.