Journal of Jilin University(Engineering and Technology Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (3): 851-859.doi: 10.13229/j.cnki.jdxbgxb.20241003

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Nonlinear path tracking control for intelligent vehicles considering communication delays

Yao FU(),Chun-shui ZHAN,Ke LIU()   

  1. National Key Laboratory of Automotive Chassis Integration and Bionics,Jilin University,Changchun 130022,China
  • Received:2024-09-12 Online:2026-03-01 Published:2026-03-31
  • Contact: Ke LIU E-mail:fu_yao@jlu.edu.cn;keliu@jlu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the problems of communication delay between controller and actuator in path tracking, strong nonlinearity of the vehicle system, and output constraints of the controller, this paper proposes a nonlinear path tracking controller considering communication delay to improve the performance of vehicle path tracking by taking an electric vehicle as the research object. Firstly, a two-degree-of-freedom vehicle model is established, a tire model is established by using the "magic formula", and a nonlinear path tracking model with communication delay is established; Secondly, according to the output constraints of the controller, a nonlinear robust controller is designed by using the backstepping adjustment function to meet the system performance indexes and robustness requirements; Finally, the path tracking performance is verified by simulation through MATLAB/Simulink under sinusoidal and double-shifted line conditions, respectively. The results show that: The root mean square (RMS) value of the lateral error of the path tracking of the controller proposed in this paper is reduced by 0.061 9 and 0.010 1 for sinusoidal condition and 0.097 2 and 0.034 7 for double-shift condition compared to the PID and MPC methods, respectively. The robustness of the controller in this paper is better than that of the PID and MPC methods when disturbances are introduced.

Key words: avehicle engineering, intelligent vehicle, path tracking, nonlinear system, time-delay

CLC Number: 

  • U461.6

Fig.1

2-Degree of freedom vehicle model"

Table 1

"Magic Formula" parameters"

参数数值
a01.413
a1-23.008
a21 010
a31 071
a41.790
a50.199
a60
a7-0.371
a80.701
a9a120

Fig.2

Tire force curve"

Fig.3

Controller framework diagram"

Table 2

Vehicle Parameters"

参数符号数值
质心到前轴距离/mlf1.464
质心到后轴距离/mlr1.672
整车整备质量/kgm1 528
整车绕z轴转动惯量/(kg·m2Iz4 178

Fig.4

Reference path diagram"

Table 3

Controller parameters"

参数数值
λ00.899
T2.5
ξ00.8
b110
b2-0.97
b35
c1100(正弦)、20(双移线)
c210

Fig.5

Sinusoidal condition"

Fig.6

Double-shifted line condition"

Table 4

RMS Value of Lateral Error"

工况本文控制器PIDMPC
正弦0.344 90.406 80.355 0
双移线0.025 10.122 30.059 8

Table 5

Controller disturbance"

参数数值
φ˙±rand10%φ˙
β˙±rand10%β˙
vy±rand10%vy
β±rand10%β

Fig.7

Disturbance comparison diagram"

Table 6

RMS of lateral error before/after disturbance"

项目本文控制器PIDMPC
增长率/%2.030 05.383 03.521 0
干扰前0.344 90.406 80.355 0
干扰后0.351 90.428 70.367 5
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