highways platooning using a flatbed tow truck model
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Highways platooning using a flatbed tow truck model
Alan ALI
Gaëtan GARCIA
Philippe MARTINET
Ecole centrale de Nantes
IRCCYN
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Index
I. INTRODUCTION Context Why platooning Longitudinal control policies.
II. MODELING : Longitudinal model Platoon model
III. CONTROL Control objectives. Longitudinal control
IV. STABILITY AND SAFETY Stability Robustness to actuation and sensing lag Discussion
V. SIMULATION Stability Comparison with CTH Robustness
VI. CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES
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I. INTRODUCTION
Context: Highways platoons,
Longitudinal dynamics,
Taking into account a simplified engine model,
Using the modified CTH control law [1],
The flatbed tow model is proposed,
Stability and safety conditions is found,
Simulation using TORCS,
A platoon of 10 vehicles with L= 1 m,
Scenarios:
platoon creation
changing the speed
emergency stop
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I. INTRODUCTION
Why platooning:
Increases traffic density.
Increases safety:
Collision (Small relative velocity).
No human factor.
Reaction time is small.
decreases fuel consumption.
decreases driver tiredness
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I. INTRODUCTION
Global Control and Local Control :
Data (at least from leader, adjacent vehicles)
Sophisticated sensors (needed, Not needed).
Adaptation in the environment (Maybe, Not needed)
Communication system (need very reliable, not needed)
Trajectory tracking and inter distance keeping (accurate , Not very accurate)
The car is totally autonomous (No, Yes).
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I. INTRODUCTION 6
Variable inter-vehicle distances (according to vehicle’s dynamic): Distances are proportional to velocity in Constant Time Headway(CTH)
Low traffic density.
Stable without communication.
The cars can work autonomously.
Constants inter-vehicle distances: High traffic density. The communication between vehicles is mandatory.
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II. MODELING (LONGITUDINAL MODEL)
Newton’s law,
The model of the engine,
Applying the exact linearization system,
linear system can be obtained:
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Gravitationnel force
Rolling resistance
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II. MODELING (PLATOON MODEL)
Unidirectional spring – damper model,
With a virtual truck running at a speed V,
Equivalent to flatbed tow truck model [3]:
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Classical CTH Modified CTH
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III. CONTROL
Control Objectives.
Keep a desired distance between the vehicles.
Make the vehicles move at the same speed.
Ensure vehicles and platoon stability.
Ensure vehicles and platoon safety.
Increase traffic density.
Ensure the stability and safety even in case of :
Entire communication loss between vehicles.
Existence of actuating and sensing lags.
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III. CONTROL (Modified CTH)
Modified CTH Control law:
Spacing is proportional to the difference between the velocity of the vehicle and a shared velocity
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Classical CTH Modified CTH
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IV. STABILITY AND SAFETY 11
String stability definition.
The error must not increase when it propagate through the platoon.
Spacing error propagation function:
is the impulse response of the propagation of spacing error.
A sufficient condition for the stability of the platoon is:
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IV. STABILITY AND SAFETY
Spacing error propagation function:
Stability conditions:
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First spacing error propagation function:
IV. STABILITY AND SAFETY
Safety conditions:
The following condition will ensure the safety for all accelerations:
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10 identical cars,
Move on straight track,
Comparison with the classical CTH,
Check longitudinal string stability during :
stage A: Platoon Creation (zero to 40km/h),
stage B: Changing the speed (40km/h to 140km/h)
stage C: Emergency stop (Hard Braking)
Check safety
stage C: Emergency stop at high speed (140km/h) by applying maximum allowed deceleration.
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V. SIMULATIONS
Maximum acceleration and deceleration ±5 m/s2
exceeds the comfort acceleration,
exceeds the ability of many vehicles,
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V. SIMULATIONS
Comparison with the classical CTH
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Classical CTH Modified CTH
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V. SIMULATIONS
Stage A:Platoon Creation (zero to 40km/h),
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V. SIMULATIONS
stage B: Changing the speed (40km/h to 140km/h)
The platoon is stable,
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V. SIMULATIONS
stage C: Emergency stop (Hard Braking)
The platoon is stable,
Safe
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VI. CONCLUSION and PERSPECTIVES
The control of highways platoons is addressed, Longitudinal control:
Using modified CTH control law, Taking into account a simplified engine model. The flatbed tow model is proposed,
We have enhanced the work presented in [1], [2]: Reducing the desired inter-vehicle distance to 1 m, keeping the string stability, Ensuring the safety.
Simulations were done in following scenarios: platoon creation changing the speed emergency stop
This work opens the door to move CTH policy from research to real applications.
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VI. CONCLUSION and PERSPECTIVES
Studding safety in more critical scenarios:
Leader hard braking :
With full communication,
Without communication,
Follower hard braking :
With full communication,
Without communication,
Communication delays and lags effects,
Real experiments.
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References
[1]- Ali A., Garcia G., and Martinet P., Minimizing the inter-vehicle distances of the time headway policy for platoons control in highways, 10th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO13), pp. 417-424. SciTePress, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 29-31, 2013.
[2]-Ali A., Garcia G., and Martinet P., Minimizing the inter-vehicle distances of the time headway policy for urban platoon control with decoupled longitudinal and lateral control, 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems - (ITSC), pp. 1805-1810,The Hague,The Netherlands, 6-9 Oct. 2013.
[3]-Ali A., Garcia G., and Martinet P., The flatbed platoon towing model for safe and dense platooning on highways, submitted for publication.
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