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Comparison of Torque Vectoring Control Strategies for a IWM Vehicle

Journal Article
2014-01-0860
ISSN: 1946-4614, e-ISSN: 1946-4622
Published April 01, 2014 by SAE International in United States
Comparison of Torque Vectoring Control Strategies for a IWM Vehicle
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Citation: Sabbioni, E., Cheli, F., Vignati, M., and Melzi, S., "Comparison of Torque Vectoring Control Strategies for a IWM Vehicle," SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars – Electron. Electr. Syst. 7(2):565-572, 2014, https://doi.org/10.4271/2014-01-0860.
Language: English

Abstract:

In recent years, concerns for environmental pollution and oil price stimulated the demand for vehicles based on technologies alternative to traditional IC engines. Nowadays several carmakers include hybrid vehicles among their offer and first full electric vehicles appear on the market. Among the different layout of the electric power-train, four in-wheel motors appear to be one of the most attractive. Besides increasing the inner room, this architecture offers the interesting opportunity of easily and efficiently distribute the driving/braking torque on the four wheels. This characteristic can be exploited to generate a yaw moment (torque vectoring) able to increase lateral stability and to improve the handling of a vehicle. The present paper presents and compares two different torque vectoring control strategies for an electric vehicle with four in-wheel motors. Performances of the control strategies are evaluated by means of numerical simulations of open and closed loop maneuvers. Energy demands of the two control strategies are also estimated.