Applying model-based development to truck platoon system

Abstract

In technological development of automobiles, a development process using Model Based Development (MBD) has been proposed to minimize process repetition. The purpose of this study is to reproduce the influence on the steering of an actual vehicle by applying the Model In the Loop Simulation (MILS) for MBD to the platooning of two heavy duty trucks. To apply MILS to the platooning of trucks, it is necessary to reproduce the vehicle interaction, and the truck model where the vehicle model and the sensor models are connected. In this study, truck model was created using a vehicle model in the highly accurate vehicle motion simulation software. MILS was constructed by integrating the truck model, the sensor models and the control model. The validity of the input/output characteristics of the MILS truck model was verified. The reproducibility of the influence on the steering control when switching the control method and the steering characteristics with a cant were also evaluated.