El-Cezeri Journal of Science and Engineering, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.65-85, 2022 (Scopus)
© 2022, TUBITAK. All rights reserved.In this manuscript, a torque distribution control system is proposed for four-wheel motor electric vehicles in order to manage the traction operation of the vehicle when the vehicle is passing on slippery surfaces and to prevent the slip ratio from reaching excessive values. The driving force control is the main controller in the proposed control system and consists of two control loops. PD-Fuzzy logic and PI-control are applied as wheel speed controller in the inner control loop to improve the stability of the vehicle and support the traction operation of the wheels. In order to retain the total requested driving force, force distribution strategies are obtained when the vehicle moves on the road with a low friction coefficient surface. Also, it works as a yaw moment suppressor when the vehicle runs into split slippery surfaces which improves vehicle performance. The proposed vehicle dynamics and torque distribution control system are simulated using Simulink-MATLAB program. The results of the simulation demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.