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A nonlinear controller for electronically controlled clutches of Automatic Mechanical Transmission (AMT) vehicle is designed based on the variable structure control strategy. During the automatic clutch engagement, influence of dynamic characteristics of clutch on the longitudinal driving comfort and fuel economy of the vehicle is examined and discussed. It is difficult to control the engaging process of the automatic clutch because there exist nonlinearities and uncertainties due to variation of vehicle characteristics, driving condition and the driver's intention. Good performance of the system requires high standards in design of the control system, which are dependent on an accurate model of the dynamic system, a robust controller and so on. In this paper, a nonlinear controller is proposed based on variable structure control (VSC) for the purpose of improving dynamic responses for engagements of the automated clutches at vehicle start-up and shift.

In this paper, an investigation is made to the friction clutch engagement control of automotive AMT systems based on a nonlinear dynamic model with double inputs. According to friction torque transmission characteristics during clutch engagement, an equivalent, fully controllable and linearized model and the feedback linearization control are derived from the original system with nonlinearities via homomorphic transforms. By the resulting mathematical modeling, computer simulations are made both for the original nonlinear and feedback linearized systems with incorporation of ordinary PID controllers to follow ideal vehicle dynamic responses. It has been shown by comparison between the two sets of numerical results that the feedback linearization control designed for the nonlinear system is of fine accuracy and robustness in model tracking behaviors of clutch engagements.