Connected Vehicle Systems with Nonlinear Dynamics and Time Delays

摘要

In this paper, we investigate the nonlinear dynamics of connected vehicle systems in presence of time delays, which may arise due to human reaction time and/or due to intermittency and packet drops in wireless communication. Stability conditions are derived by using the Lyapunov-Krasovskii theory. A generalized frequency response function is also developed to characterize the input-output response of nonlinear vehicle networks. Numerical simulations are used to validate the analytical results.