WHEEL SLIP AND ENGINE TORQUE PULSE SIMULATION FOR TRANSMISSION-IN-THE-LOOP EXPERIMENTATION

This paper presents the development of a transmission-in-the-loop (TiL) experimentation system. In this TiL experimental setup, the input side of the transmission is controlled by a dynamometer emulating the engine, while the output sides of the transmission are controlled by two dynamometers emulating the wheels and vehicle. The models emulating these vehicle components are required to possess sufficient fidelity to simulate engine torque pulse (ETP) and wheel slip dynamics while being computationally efficient to run in real-time. While complex engine and tire models exist in the literature that accurately capture these dynamics, they are often too numerically stiff for real-time simulation. This paper presents the system level details of such a TiL setup, and the modeling concepts for the development of high fidelity real-time models of the engine and tire dynamics for use in this experiment. Parameters of the engine model are identified using experimental data. Vehicle drive cycle, torque pulse, and wheel slip test results are presented.