High-performance steering tracking control of open circuit variable-speed pump-controlled steering system for heavy-duty vehicles based on flow nonlinearity compensation

Abstract

Heavy-duty vehicles with long bodies, a large number of axles and large loads are subject to increasingly high requirements for precise steering technology due to the increasing trend toward energy conservation and intelligent assisted driving as well as variable driving conditions. In this paper, an energy-efficient open circuit variable-speed pump-controlled steering system (OPCEHSSS) adapted for heavy loads is used, but its strong flow output nonlinearity and system nonlinear dynamic behavior greatly impede the steering performance. Therefore, in order to reduce the influence of the flow leakage of the fixed-displacement pump on the system and to ensure that the flow output of the system matches the control model, a mapping model based on the fitting of a two-layer neural network algorithm with a dynamic real-time compensation strategy (FNC) is proposed. In addition, considering the strong robustness of the system even under parameter uncertainty and unknown disturbance, a complex nonlinear mathematical model is established based on OPCEHSSS physical characteristics, and a dual-objective control strategy of steering angle and pressure based on sliding mode control (SMC) is proposed. However, in order to reduce the influence of high-order switching discontinuity on the steering and ensure the fast convergence of the control system, a fast super twisting algorithm (STA) based on double saturation function of the boundary layer is proposed. The experimental results show that the three different controllers can effectively reduce the steering angle error after the introduction of FNC. And in the case of a single axle loaded with 6 tons, the improved new FNC+STA integrated dual-objective control strategy improves the accuracy by 53.16% compared with PID and 40.67% compared with SMC. The steady-state error is maintained within 0.9°, realizing the high-performance steering tracking control of OPCEHSSS for heavy vehicles.

Keywords

Heavy vehicle steering system pump control system steering tracking flow nonlinear mapping and compensation two-layer neural network algorithm super twisting algorithm dual-objective control

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