Cited by 15Electric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesVehicle Dynamics and Control SystemsElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Energy efficient torque allocation design emphasis on payload in a light-duty distributed drive electric vehicle

Open access
Barman, Pranjal, Azzopardi, Brian·2021·IEEE Access

Abstract

Light-Duty Electric Vehicle (LDEV) with a distributed drive powertrain provides several potential advantages in terms of flexibility, controllability and responsiveness over conventional powertrains. The precise distribution of driving and braking torque of such configuration is crucially vital for improving the overall performance and efficiency of the vehicles. This paper proposes a new torque allocation (TA) model emphasizing the wheel load variation due to the passenger occupancy payload. A light-duty vehicle model is developed along with the occupancy payload arrangement and a dynamic tire-road friction estimation method for the control system for wheel slip. This proposed TA algorithm uses offline optimization to derive the necessary transmissible torque to the driving wheels. Unlike conventional optimization, it adopts a set of predefined distribution coefficients. Therefore it can execute in a real time platform without high computation power and additional hardware requirements. The efficiency of the model is analyzed using Indian Urban Drive Cycle (IN-UDC). A comparative analysis using a traditional torque allocation model highlights the contributions of this novel torque allocation. The results obtained from various simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new TA algorithm.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1109/access.2021.3107421

Cites

34 of 34 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 4

  1. Jazar Reza, N. "Vehicle dynamics: theory and application,"Springer Sci- ence Business Media, 2014
  2. Wang, R., Chen, Y., Feng, D., Huang, X., Wang, J., "Development and performance characterization of an electric ground vehicle with indepen- dently actuated in-wheel motors.,"Journal of Power Sources, vol. 196, no. 8, pp. 3962-3971, 2011.
  3. Chen, Y., Wang, J., "Adaptive energy-efficient control allocation for planar motion control of over-actuated electric ground vehicles.,"IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1362- 1373, 2013.
  4. Pacejka, H. B. ""Tyre brush model," in Tyre and Vehicle Dynamics,"2nd ed Oxford,U.K.: Elsevier,pp. 93-134, 2005.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Barman, P., & Azzopardi, B.
Affiliations
  • Gauhati University (IN)
  • Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MT)
Venue
IEEE Access
Published
2021
Volume
9
Pages
118684-118695
ISSN
2169-3536 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3193288543
Cited by
15
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4
FWCI
0.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Access (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • OAR@UM (University of Malta) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
European Commission H2020 TWINNING Networking for Excellence in Electric Mobility Operations (NEEMO) Project (857484)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
Keywords
torque distribution, distributed drive electric vehicles, light-duty electric vehicles, tire-road friction estimation, wheel slip control, offline optimization, real-time control, energy efficiency

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review