High-Fidelity Modelling, Parameter Identification, and Co-Simulation of a 4-Wheel Independent Drive and Steer Electric Vehicle with Custom Inverter Design
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Abstract
Electric vehicles are revolutionizing ground transportation and promise to disrupt the future of urban mobility. The technological advancements in the design and control of off-road electric vehicles have required the development of high-fidelity models to predict vehicle dynamic responses. High-fidelity modelling in off-road mobility is important for several reasons, including accurate prediction of the vehicle performance prior to road tests, optimization of energy management, and identification of failure modes. In this paper, a high-fidelity vehicle dynamics model is developed for a 4-wheel independent drive/steer scaled electric off-road vehicle using the MapleSim™ software package. The vehicle multibody dynamic model consists of all the mechanical subsystems of the vehicle, including: a) double wishbone suspension, b) independent steering mechanisms, c) independently driven powertrain, and d) the chassis. Experimental parameter identification is performed to identify the parameters of some key subsystems of the vehicle model. Vehicle mechanical subsystem parameters such as the a) vehicle drag frontal area, b) wheel inertia, and c) location of the vehicle centre of gravity are determined. The accuracy of the multibody dynamic model for an off-road electric vehicle heavily depends on the accuracy of the coupled electrical subsystem model. Therefore, to incorporate the electrical subsystem into the system model, the developed vehicle dynamics plant model is imported into <tex>$\mathbf{MATLAB}^{\mathbf{TM}}/\mathbf{SIMULINK}^{\mathbf{TM}}$</tex> using the Functional Mock-up Interface and an electrical model of the Brushless DC inverter subsystem is developed using custom SPICE based libraries. This co-simulation approach allows electro-mechanical models to be developed from a design-first perspective using electrical and mechanical computer-aided design tools. This leads to a streamlined path for the designer to validate decisions prior to fabrication and assembly.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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