Modeling and control of the vehicle transmission chain using electric actuators

This paper presents a methodology to carry out an electric simulator of the vehicle transmission chain. This simulator uses electric actuators with a dedicated torque control laws deduced from an energy study. It proposes an equivalent electric system to the vehicle transmission chain. This equivalent system is easily exploited and can operate under a reduced power scale. It allows carrying out various tests on heat engine, on manual, automatic or robotized gearboxes. Moreover, it allows carrying out a vehicle test benches by optimizing the cost and the time of the development phases of the vehicle transmission system. The proposed method is validated by time domain simulation and measures