WO1998050247A1 - Method for control of engine torque during gear changing - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for control of engine torque during automatic gear changing in a mechanical stepped gearbox, in accordance with the preamble to patent claim 1.
- SE,C,9600454-4 refers to a solution which aims at improving that described above. To this end, a measurement is carried out at each gear change to ascertain whether the modulated zero-torque was correct. If it was not, the incorrect torque detected is used to correct the original zero-torque value so that before a subsequent gear disengagement the engine is modulated with a more correct zero-torque value.
- This method also suffers from the disadvantage that the engine is expected to exhibit a certain behaviour. Such a method can therefore not handle disturbances which only occur occasionally. Such disturbances may for example consist of thrusts from trailers, road surfaces etc. or the automation may attempt to change gear while the driveline is oscillating, e.g. because the driver applies a large change of accelerator pedal position. Nor does this known method provide any means of predicting the quality of the gear change before it is required. Gear changing to neutral position may therefore still take place with the wrong torque situation in the gearbox.
- One object of the invention is to make it possible more reliably than previously to ensure that the torque transmitted in the gearbox will be nil, irrespective of whether disturbances occur or not. It has to be possible for any disturbances which occur to be handled in such a manner as to minimise their effect.
- a further object is to make torque adjustment quicker so that gear changing can be carried out more quickly without any loss of safety.
- the method according to the invention may be refined by having the engine's fuel controller operate so that the engine oscillates in counterphase and damps out any oscillations in the driveline more quickly.
- Fig. 6 corresponds to Fig. 5 but with the gear change commencing later
- Fig. 1 shows a gear change system for monitoring and controlling computer-assisted gear changing in a mechanical gearbox in a motor vehicle.
- the structure and operation of the system correspond largely to those of the system described in the aforesaid SE,C,9401653-2 and SE,C,9600454-4, so the only components depicted are those required for understanding the present invention.
- the vehicle is powered by a combustion engine 2, preferably a diesel engine, which is connected to the vehicle's driving wheels 14 via a clutch 4, a mechanical stepped gearbox 6, a propeller shaft 8, a final gear 10 and a driveshaft 12.
- the clutch 4 is only intended to be operated manually at low vehicle speeds and when starting and stopping. While the vehicle is travelling at normal speeds, the clutch 4 is intended to be operated neither manually nor automatically, so gear changes then take place with the clutch 4 engaged and acting as a drive power transmission connection between the engine 2 and the gearbox 6.
- the gear change system effects gear changes partly by adjusting the engine speed and the engine torque at the time of gear changes and partly by operating the servos in the gearbox so as to disengage the operative gear and engage the next gear.
- the gear change system incorporates a control unit 16 provided with a microcomputer and connected by various lines to various components of the system. These connections are used for transmitting various signals as illustrated by arrows in Fig. 1.
- the control unit 16 also has two-way connections whereby it sends output signals to and receives input signals from a multiplicity of control units via a number of links represented in Fig. 1 by bidirectional arrows.
- the control unit 16 also receives via the link 18 corresponding information on the engine torque M, which is in practice determined on the basis of the fuel quantity injected.
- the fuel injection system 20 controls the fuel quantity supplied to the engine's injectors.
- the control unit 16 provides the fuel injection system 20 with signals which cause the engine to be modulated with the desired torque M.
- the control unit 16 receives from a temperature sensor in the engine a signal representing the engine temperature T m or, in practice, the temperature of the engine coolant.
- a sensor 26 provides the control unit 16 via a line 28 with information on whether any power take-off is operating and is imposing extra load on the engine.
- the control unit 16 is also connected to other vehicle operating controls (not depicted), e.g. gear selector, accelerator pedal, brake pedal, retarder, etc. As these controls operate conventionally and do not distinguish the method according to the invention, further description of them is omitted.
- vehicle operating controls e.g. gear selector, accelerator pedal, brake pedal, retarder, etc.
- Gear changing is initiated entirely automatically if the driver has selected an automatic position or manually if the driver has selected a manual position. However gear changing is initiated (automatically by the control system or manually by the driver), it is effected by the control unit 16 without the clutch 4 having to be operated.
- a gear change executed in the wrong torque situation results in a gear disengagement which causes variations in propeller shaft speed and wheel speed. This lengthens the time gear changing takes, since it cannot be effected until the oscillations fade away. It also results in the vehicle being jerked, which is disturbing for the driver and causes unnecessary wear on mechanical components, e.g. the gearbox.
- the engine torque is often reduced according to a precalculated torque profile. If it is desired to shorten the time gear changing takes, the torque profile has to be made steeper, which means larger driveline oscillations, thereby making it necessary to wait until they fade out before gear changing can take place.
- the use of precalculated torque profiles therefore means that gear changing takes longer, since a greater margin is needed to cater for disturbances. Nor is there any means of predicting the quality of the gear change before it is attempted. This results in gear changing to neutral position in the wrong torque situation in the gearbox, thereby causing the aforesaid jerking.
- the vehicle's driveline includes the engine 2, the gearbox 6, the propeller shaft 8 and the driving wheel 14 with its associated driveshaft.
- a sensor 34 receives, via a line 36, information on the wheel speed nj, and, via lines 38,40 and 42, information on the engine speed n ra , the engine torque M and the engine temperature T m respectively. On the basis of all this information the sensor 34 generates a signal representing the corresponding torque in the gearbox 6. This signal is carried via a line 44 to a fuel controller 46 which via one or more lines 48 supplies the engine 2 with a fuel quantity corresponding to the value of the signal.
- the solution adopted according to the invention is to have the sensor 34 establish a value of the torsion ⁇ of the driveshafts as a measure of the corresponding torque in the gearbox 6.
- the fuel controller 46 thus operates in practice with an input signal which represents the torsion ⁇ of the driveshafts.
- the value of the torsion ⁇ is obtained as follows in the sensor 34:
- the engine temperature T m and the engine speed n m are read in from the engine control unit 16 for subsequent use in a calculation of the engine's frictional moment M f .
- the wheel speed n h is read in from, for example, the vehicle's ABS control unit and is thereafter used, together with the engine speed n m and the engine's net torque u, in a Kalman filter to calculate the corresponding torsion.
- the model translates to three equations which calculate the torsion ⁇ of the spring k as a function of the engine's net torque u, the engine speed n m and the wheel speed n h .
- This is depicted schematically in Fig. 4, in which a Kalman filter 50 forming part of the sensor 34 calculates the torsion ⁇ as a function of u, n m and nh.
- the torsion ⁇ constitutes the input signal from the sensor 34 to the fuel controller 46. It has been found possible to use a fuel controller 46 of the PID type to bring about engine-controlled damping of oscillations in the vehicle's driveline.
- a fuel controller 46 of the PID type used as one of a number of controllers in the fuel injection system 20 consists of three different components, namely a proportional component (P component), an integral component (I component) and a derivative component (D component).
- P component proportional component
- I component integral component
- D component derivative component
- the mutual priority between these components determines the behaviour of the controller.
- the P component determines the rate of adjustment. The larger the P component, the quicker the adjustment. The rate is limited by how much frictional torque the engine can generate.
- the function of the I component is to ensure that the torsion ⁇ will be nil, thereby ensuring that gear changing takes place in such conditions that there will be no disturbance for the driver, while at the same time the speed adjustment phase will be shorter.
- the I component will still ensure that the torsion will be nil, but this will take a long time, because of having to wait until the oscillations fade away. This can be obviated by incorporating in the controller a D component to ensure that the engine damps the oscillations and that the torsion reaches nil without oscillations being excited.
- Figs. 5 and 6a show the torsion ⁇ as a function of time
- Figs. 5b and 6b the corresponding engine torque M as a function of time.
- Fig. 7a shows the torsion ⁇
- Fig. 7b the net torque u from the engine as a function of time.
- the controller 46 calculates a fuel quantity which generates a net torque u as per Fig. 7b (unbroken line) and a torsion ⁇ as per Fig. 7a (unbroken line).
- the vehicle (same as before) is driven at a certain speed which requires a net torque u of about 50 Nm (with a frictional torque of about 200 Nm). This generates a torsion ⁇ in excess of 0.04 radians.
- the fuel controller 46 is activated (it is used for gear changing and may therefore be called the gear change controller) and calculates the fuel quantity so that the torsion ⁇ is driven to nil. First, the P component is adjusted so that the desired rate is achieved.
- a small I component is then sufficient for achieving zero torsion ⁇ .
- the combination of a P component and an I component is represented by the broken line in Figs. 7a and 7b.
- driveline oscillations are generated across the driveshafts and have to be allowed to fade out before gear changing can be requested.
- a D component also forms part of the controller. This D component is adjusted so that the oscillation is damped by the engine being controlled in counterphase. This means that gear changing can be carried out after about 0.25 s, which is quick for the low gear to which the test refers.
- the invention results in quicker, better and safer gear changes.
- Control based on the torsion of the driveshafts is found to be easy, with the possibility of using a simple and reliable controller of the PID type.
- the engine torque is established as a function of the amount of fuel injected by testing with various quantities of fuel, and the engine's frictional torque is established in like manner. It has in this respect been found sufficient to adopt the simple assumption that the friction depends on temperature and engine speed. Only marginal improvement is achieved by making the evaluation more complex.
- the basic concept of the invention includes the principle of detecting torsion of a relatively weak component of the driveline in order to represent the torque transmitted. In alternative embodiments of the invention the detection may be applied to other relatively weak components of the driveline, e.g. the vehicle's clutch.
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DE69806597T DE69806597T2 (en) | 1997-05-06 | 1998-05-05 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOTOR TORQUE DURING A GEARING PROCESS |
EP98921969A EP0983160B1 (en) | 1997-05-06 | 1998-05-05 | Method for control of engine torque during gear changing |
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