Research Article

Study of Model Predictive Control for Path-Following Autonomous Ground Vehicle Control under Crosswind Effect

Table 1

Car vehicle parameters.

ParameterValue

Car mass [kg]1300
Inertia around the roll, -axis [kgm2]370
Inertia around -axis [kgm2]2167.56
Distance of front and rear wheels from centre of gravity (CoG) [m]1.45, 1.07
Distance between the vehicle CoG and the assumed roll axis [m]0.45
Equivalent suspension roll damping coefficient [Nms]4200
Equivalent suspension roll stiffness coefficient [Nm]40000
Linear approximation of tire stiffness for front and rear tire [N/rad]133000, 121000
Gravitational constant [m/s2]9.8