A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition

In this paper, a state estimation method of distributed electric drive articulated vehicle dynamics parameters based on the forgetting factor unscented Kalman filter with singular value decomposition (SVD-UKF) is proposed. The 7DOF nonlinear dynamics model of a distributed electric drive articulated...

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Main Authors: Tianlong Lei, Mingming Hou, Liaoyuan Li, Haohua Cao
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Mingming Hou
Liaoyuan Li
Haohua Cao
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Haohua Cao
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description In this paper, a state estimation method of distributed electric drive articulated vehicle dynamics parameters based on the forgetting factor unscented Kalman filter with singular value decomposition (SVD-UKF) is proposed. The 7DOF nonlinear dynamics model of a distributed electric drive articulated vehicle is established. The unscented Kalman filter algorithm is the foundation, with singular value decomposition replacing the Cholesky decomposition. A forgetting factor is introduced to dynamically adapt the observation noise covariance matrix in real time, resulting in a centralized parameter state estimator for the articulated vehicle. The proposed parameter state estimation method based on the forgetting factor SVD-UKF is simulated and compared with the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) estimation method. Key dynamic parameters are estimated, such as the lateral and longitudinal velocities and accelerations, angular velocity, articulated angle, wheel speeds, and longitudinal and lateral tire forces of both the front and rear vehicle bodies. The results show that the proposed forgetting factor SVD-UKF method outperforms the traditional UKF method. Furthermore, a prototype vehicle test is conducted to compare the estimated values of various dynamic parameters with the actual values, demonstrating minimal errors. This verifies the effectiveness of the proposed dynamic parameter estimation method for articulated vehicles.
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spelling doaj-art-2f9fb92d46c546c1991ed1870e5190ad2025-01-24T13:15:14ZengMDPI AGActuators2076-08252025-01-011413110.3390/act14010031A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value DecompositionTianlong Lei0Mingming Hou1Liaoyuan Li2Haohua Cao3School of Automotive Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, ChinaSchool of Mathematics, Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, ChinaSchool of Automotive Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan 442002, ChinaIn this paper, a state estimation method of distributed electric drive articulated vehicle dynamics parameters based on the forgetting factor unscented Kalman filter with singular value decomposition (SVD-UKF) is proposed. The 7DOF nonlinear dynamics model of a distributed electric drive articulated vehicle is established. The unscented Kalman filter algorithm is the foundation, with singular value decomposition replacing the Cholesky decomposition. A forgetting factor is introduced to dynamically adapt the observation noise covariance matrix in real time, resulting in a centralized parameter state estimator for the articulated vehicle. The proposed parameter state estimation method based on the forgetting factor SVD-UKF is simulated and compared with the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) estimation method. Key dynamic parameters are estimated, such as the lateral and longitudinal velocities and accelerations, angular velocity, articulated angle, wheel speeds, and longitudinal and lateral tire forces of both the front and rear vehicle bodies. The results show that the proposed forgetting factor SVD-UKF method outperforms the traditional UKF method. Furthermore, a prototype vehicle test is conducted to compare the estimated values of various dynamic parameters with the actual values, demonstrating minimal errors. This verifies the effectiveness of the proposed dynamic parameter estimation method for articulated vehicles.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/14/1/31articulated vehiclesdistributed electric drivestate estimationunscented Kalman filterforgetting factor
spellingShingle Tianlong Lei
Mingming Hou
Liaoyuan Li
Haohua Cao
A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
Actuators
articulated vehicles
distributed electric drive
state estimation
unscented Kalman filter
forgetting factor
title A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
title_full A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
title_fullStr A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
title_full_unstemmed A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
title_short A State Estimation of Dynamic Parameters of Electric Drive Articulated Vehicles Based on the Forgetting Factor of Unscented Kalman Filter with Singular Value Decomposition
title_sort state estimation of dynamic parameters of electric drive articulated vehicles based on the forgetting factor of unscented kalman filter with singular value decomposition
topic articulated vehicles
distributed electric drive
state estimation
unscented Kalman filter
forgetting factor
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/14/1/31
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