Designing a controller for vehicle platooning

There is an active research in the field of Vehicle following so as to reduce the traffic and increase the fuel efficiency of the vehicle. When the traffic is compared with the previous decade’s traffic the rate has been increased exponentially. This increases the time travel for the passengers and it tends to decrease the fuel efficiency of the vehicle and also wastage of the fuel, hence platooning is used to improve the conditions mentioned above. One way to eliminate the error and the delay is by using a controller. The use of controllers has been common these days for better optimization of the vehicle and its performance. The controller can be used in various parts such as brakes, steering, engine, etc., and one such controller is used in Platooning. The cruise control is used between two vehicles but platooning is used for n number of vehicles. This work is based on the design and simulation of a controller for vehicle platooning. It used the safe distance rule along with the constant time headway policy to eliminate the errors. The performance of Platooning is smoother, which includes faster and better transient time which results in faster traffic flow and better fuel efficiency. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of Vehicle platooning. The conditions for vehicle platooning are the vehicle moves longitudinally and the test is performed on the herd of vehicle moving in straight line as well as no vehicle lefts or joins the rally.