Longitudinal Cruise Control of a Car using Sliding Mode Approach

From the last few years, there has occur an increase in number of cars, which has badly affected our transport system and specially traffic on the roads. Traffic congestion and traffic accidents are the major concerns due to an increase in number of vehicles. Many efforts have been made in the last few years to improve safety and comfort in vehicular system. One of present focus is intelligent transport system (ITS) to ensure safety and comfort for the passenger. The main focus of this paper is to control the longitudinal dynamics of a vehicle, which make sure that a safe distance is kept between the leading and following vehicle. The major drawback with the existing control techniques is the inability to perform well in the presence of various parameters, which vary with the variation in the external factors like temperature and etc. This paper focuses on the development of a sliding mode control (SMC) for the longitudinal dynamics of automotive vehicle in a platoon system. System response will be observed in the presence of parametric uncertainty. First order and Second order sliding mode is applied and results are compared by comparing chattering in both the cases.