Vehicle Lateral Stability Control Based on Sliding Model Control

In view of the vehicle cornering or path changing under ultimate handling maneuver,a 3-DOF nonlinear vehicle dynamics model which takes the vehicle lateral velocity,yaw rate and body roll angle as the state variables is presented.Based on the dynamic analysis,the method which using additional yaw moment produced by different longitudinal braking force among each wheels to improving vehicle handling stability in emergency situations is discussed.Considering the sideslip angle as one of the vehicle state variables is difficult to measuring,the sideslip angle estimation based on vehicle dynamic model and kinematics is designed.And then,based on the theory of siding model control,the combining sliding model control system is founded,which taking the vehicle yaw rate and body side-slip angle errors between the estimated and the real as the input variables,and taking the braking torque and the steering angle as control aims.The simulation results indicate that the control method can effectively improve the vehicle lateral handling stability.