Calculation of the minimum-fuel driving control based on Pontryagin’s maximum principle

This paper presents a methodology to calculate the minimum-fuel driving control for a point-mass vehicle on a road with constant slope. The main control is the engine torque. Gear shifting, clutch disengagement, and braking are taken into account with a switching condition. The methodology can take into account distance and time constraints. Only longitudinal vehicle dynamics are used in combination with a quasistatic polynomial fuel consumption model. Simulations are given to analyze the optimal driving control and assess the fuel savings for acceleration and deceleration.publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Calculation of the minimum-fuel driving control based on Pontryagin’s maximum principle journaltitle: Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2013.05.004 content_type: article copyright: Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.status: publishe