This paper proposes a new safety system named emergency steering assist (ESA), which consists of the autonomous steering subsystem and differential braking subsystem. The control system is developed to mediate the conflict objectives of vehicle stabilisation and rear-end collision avoidance in highway driving. Instead of predefining a collision-free trajectory in the entire process of collision avoidance, the process of collision avoidance is divided into two stages. In stage 1, where the vehicle is guided to enter the adjacent lane with a constant centripetal acceleration to avoid collision, the steering manoeuvre is determined by the feedforward controller based on the steering dynamics. In stage 2, where the vehicle is guided along the centreline of the adjacent lane, the steering manoeuvre is determined by the controller based on the theory of model predictive control. In addition, the differential braking subsystem is designed with a comprehensive treatment to the requirements of collision avoidance and vehicle stabilisation. Finally, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed ESA system can effectively achieve better balance between an emergency collision avoidance manoeuvre and vehicle stabilisation at high speeds in different conditions. The hardware-in-the-loop experiment developed by the authors is used to validate the real-time performance and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.
A new strategy for rear-end collision avoidance via autonomous steering and differential braking in highway driving
Vehicle System Dynamics ; 58 , 6 ; 955-986
2020-06-02
32 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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