Property of Disturbance Suppression for Bidirectional Multiple-Vehicle Following Vehicular Platoon
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 150, Issue 7
Abstract
This work aims to investigate the sensitivity to disturbance for the bidirectional multiple-vehicle following (BDM) V2V vehicular platoon. A disturbance term is introduced into the control input, and a closed-loop equation about the spacing error is derived. The sensitivity of error propagation to disturbance is defined based on the error transfer function matrix, and the sensitivities to external disturbance and the motion of the leading vehicle have been analyzed in the frequency domain and validated by model simulations. The affecting factors, including communication topology, control gains, and weights for acceleration communication, have been analyzed. It is revealed that the communication topology plays a significant role in reducing the sensitivities of error propagation to disturbance, and the effects on the sensitivity to external disturbance and the motion of the leading vehicle are roughly opposite. The spacing control gain plays a more important role in reducing the sensitivity compared with the speed following control gain, especially for the sensitivity to external disturbance. More weight should be distributed to vehicles that are relatively nearer to the current vehicle for the purpose of reducing the sensitivities.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (52162046). The authors are greatly appreciated for their financial support.
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Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 150 • Issue 7 • July 2024
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Received: May 13, 2023
Accepted: Feb 22, 2024
Published online: May 14, 2024
Published in print: Jul 1, 2024
Discussion open until: Oct 14, 2024
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