Simulation of the Interaction between Vehicle Wheel and the Unevenness of Road Surface

SUMMARY

A model of the relationship between a vehicle wheel and the unevenness of the road surface is defined. The wheel is considered to be of circular shape. For a given form of unevenness, the excitation functions are evaluated for the individual subsystems of the dynamic vehicle model having 5 degrees of freedom. The vehicle model traverses the uneven surface at a variable velocity. The model provides for the study of the complex dynamic phenomena which occur between the wheel and the unevenness. The response of the model also includes the dynamic stress on the drive when the wheel passes over the unevenness of the road surface.     

Ride quality evaluation of a vehicle with a planar suspension system

The longitudinal connection between a chassis and a wheel in a conventional vehicle suspension system is commonly very stiff than the vertical connection. Such a mechanism can efficiently isolate vibrations and absorb shocks in the vertical direction but cannot sufficiently attenuate the impact in the longitudinal direction. In order to overcome such a limitation, a planar suspension system (PSS) with spring–damper struts in both the longitudinal and vertical directions is proposed so that the vibration along any direction in the wheel rotation plane can be isolated. In this paper, the dynamic responses of a vehicle with PSS due to a single bump and random road unevenness are investigated. The ride quality of the vehicle with PSS is evaluated in accordance with ISO 2631. A comparison with that of a similar conventional vehicle is conducted to demonstrate the promising potentials of the PSS in improving the vehicle ride quality.     

基于ADAMS的随机路面不平度建模及参数选择

车辆的垂直运动和俯仰运动会影响乘客的舒适性和安全性,垂向振动的激励除了发动机的激励,还取决于路面轮廓的不平度.应用谐波叠加法对路面不平度的特征能较好的拟合,并对生成的路面与国际标准的分级路面进行对比,分析谐波的数目对路面不平度均方根值有很大影响,证明生成时域信号的功率谱密度与标准规定的路面等级一致,可以作为研究车辆垂向...     

Interaction Dynamics Between an Electric Vehicle's 'Pantograph' and the Road

In this paper, we briefly describe the patented E-TRAN electric roadway & vehicle concept and then proceed to study the dynamic effects of an associated road pantograph in contact with a road mounted power strip. During usage, the road pantograph (supported underneath the vehicle) allows power to be drawn from the strip for powering the motor driven vehicle. From a mechanical point of view, friction, wear and dynamic bounce effects impact the reliability arid maintainability of the pantograph/strip concept. To study bounce effects, a dynamic model of a one degree of freedom road pantograph was developed for both contact and noncontact situations. These dynamic “bounce” effects were simulated using a MATRIXx™ based model of the road pantograph and associated road surface (and strip). In order to do so, several simulation issues had to be addressed (some of which may be of interest to those studying wheel/rail contact effects). To corroborate the dynamic model, an instrumented experimental pantograph/road simulator was fabricated. Reasonable correspondence was achieved between the experimentally measured and simulated support forces and pantograph angle. Parametric variations in the design were also studied through simulation. The work presented serves as a paradigm for designing, building, and testing road pantographs for specific applications.     

基于参数自调整模糊控制方法的半主动空气悬架仿真分析

基于参数自调整模糊控制方法对半主动空气悬架系统进行了仿真分析和试验验证．以某空气悬架大客车1／4车辆模型为仿真对象，设计了参数自调整的模糊控制器，并以随机路面为输入、悬架动行程为约束条件、簧载质量振动加速度和车轮动载荷为评价指标，对模型进行了计算机仿真，同时依据仿真模型设计了空气悬架试验台。仿真和试验结果表明，当汽车行驶工况变化时，引入参数自调整模糊控制方法可以有效降低簧载质量振动加速度和车轮动载荷。     

Influence of uneven rail irregularities on the dynamic response of the railway track using a three-dimensional model of the vehicle–track system

A mathematical model of the vehicle–track interaction is developed to investigate the coupled behaviour of vehicle–track system, in the presence of uneven irregularities at left/right rails. The railway vehicle is simplified as a 3D multi-rigid-body model, and the track is treated as the two parallel beams on a layered discrete support system. Besides the car-body, the bogies and the wheel sets, the sleepers are assumed to have roll degree of freedom, in order to simulate the in-plane rotation of the components. The wheel–rail interface is treated using a nonlinear Hertzian contact model, coupling the mathematical equations of the vehicle–track systems. The dynamic interaction of the entire system is numerically studied in time domain, employing Newmark's integration method. The track irregularity spectra of both the left/right rails are taken into account, as the inputs of dynamic excitations. The dynamic responses of the track system induced by such irregularities are obtained, particularly in terms of the vertical (bounce) and roll displacements. The numerical model of the present research is validated using several benchmark models reported in the literature, for both the smooth and unsmooth track conditions. Four sample profiles of the measured rail irregularities are considered as the case studies of excitation sources, examining their influences on the dynamic behaviour of the coupled system. The results of numerical simulations demonstrate that the motion of track system is significantly influenced by the presence of uneven irregularities in left/right rails. Dynamic response of the sleepers in the roll direction becomes more sensitive to the rail irregularities, as the unevenness severity of the parallel profiles (quantitative difference between left and right rail spectra) is increased. The severe geometric deformation of the track in the bounce–pitch–roll directions is mainly related to such profile unevenness (cross-level) in left/right rails.     

基于小波变换的四轮车辆非平稳振动时频研究

基于8自由度的车辆动力学模型，以四轮相关滤波白噪声路面为系统输入，对四轮车辆的非平稳随机振动过程进行了计算机时域模拟，进而采用谱分析和小波分析技术分析了系统响应，在时频平面内建立了各振级之间的振动联系，考察了振动能量的流动情况，深入揭示了车辆非平稳振动过程的本质。     

Characterization of Longitudinal Road Unevenness in the Light of the International PIARC - EVEN Experiment 1998

The basic model of road pavement unevenness (homogeneous random function with Gaussian distribution function and simple power spectral density function) is generalized to cover real states of roads under traffic conditions, such as: independent characterization of long and short wavelengths unevenness, and consideration of non-homogeneity including appearance of individual large imperfections. The method of estimating relevant parameters is based on the interaction coupling between the traveling vehicle and the road. To justify the need for these generalizations, summarizing results are given of the International PIARC - EVEN experiment conducted in 1998 in three world regions (Arizona, USA, Hokkaido, Japan, and Netherlands / Germany). Total 47 road sections of different technological execution and different unevenness levels were tested using DYNVIA device.     

基于ReliefF-RBF的路面不平度识别算法研究

路面不平度对道路车辆行驶安全性及车辆动力学响应具有重要影响。通过将路面不平度识别与先进悬架控制结合,有望能进一步提升乘员舒适性和车辆的操纵稳定性。现有基于数据驱动的路面分类方法难以高效处理时变参数与车速,现有基于模型的路面识别算法需要已知精确车辆模型,在实际应用中面临车辆物理参数难以获得的问题。提出一种融合模型和数据驱动的路面分类算法,采用基于模型的方法反算等效路面轮廓,结合数据预处理方法,对车辆响应和反算等效路面轮廓数据进行滤波;对等效路面轮廓和响应信息进行时域频域特征计算,采用ReliefF算法进行关键特征提取,构建基于径向基函数神经网络的路面分类器,进行路面分级识别;通过仿真试验和实车试验验证了不同车辆参数和车速下所提出的算法鲁棒性。     

Numerical Simulation of Vehicle Behavior during Straight Line Keeping on Undulating Road Surfaces

Numerical design of vehicles having optimal straight line stability on undulating road surfaces requires an accurate vehicle model based on knowledge of the relevant phenomena. Therefore, vehicle behavior on undulating straight roads has been analyzed and modeled. Measurements on a flat road surface have shown that the dedicated vehicle model yields accurate simulation results of the steering response to medium steering wheel angle inputs. In addition, the model has been validated by measuring two vehicle responses during normal driving on an undulating straight road: viz. the responses to the small steering wheel angle input and to the input by the global inclination of the road surface.     

车辆载荷作用下岩盐公路振动衰减分析

车辆载荷引起的振动问题,不仅带来了由高振动引起的环境问题,同时也是岩盐公路破坏的主要因素。采用单自由度车辆模型模拟在不平整路面上行驶车辆的轮载力,将其作为岩盐公路路基所受到的荷载,运用通用有限元分析软件ANSYS对岩盐公路路基进行瞬态动力学分析,并用该模型对盐湖公路K589左右一段进行了实例计算,将计算结果与实测结果进行了对比,以验证该数值分析方法的有效性。     

Numerical Simulation of Vehicle Behavior during Straight Line Keeping on Undulating Road Surfaces

SUMMARY

Numerical design of vehicles having optimal straight line stability on undulating road surfaces requires an accurate vehicle model based on knowledge of the relevant phenomena. Therefore, vehicle behavior on undulating straight roads has been analyzed and modeled. Measurements on a flat road surface have shown that the dedicated vehicle model yields accurate simulation results of the steering response to medium steering wheel angle inputs. In addition, the model has been validated by measuring two vehicle responses during normal driving on an undulating straight road: viz. the responses to the small steering wheel angle input and to the input by the global inclination of the road surface.     

多自由度双轴车辆模型在波形路面上的动力分析

为了分析车辆以不同速度和不同载质量行驶于不同波长、振幅和坡度的波形路面时,车辆对路面的动载荷作用,根据綦万高速公路路面平整度的实测结果,得到描述波形路面的参数即波长和振幅,编制路面文件,在ADAMS中模拟波形路面,并以现有某红岩重型卡车为研究对象,利用ADAMS多体动力学分析软件建模仿真,建立其车架、悬架和驾驶室等的多体动力学模型,对整车模型进行仿真计算,揭示了车辆动载与路面不平度之间的关系,提出了降低车轮动载荷的方法。     

油气弹簧非线性特性对车辆平顺性的影响分析

推导并建立了某工程车辆油气弹簧的非线性刚度和阻尼特性的数学模型，并将其导入到车辆模型中。根据汽车悬架质量分配特点．将汽车简化为两自由度的舣质量振动系统，对此两自由度模型的车轮加速度、车身加速度和悬架动行程进行了仿真从仿真结果可以看出，非线性油气弹簧能很好地衰减由路面传递来的振动。分析了刚度和阻尼的变化对车辆平顺性的影响。     

车轮随机动载特性的Simulink仿真分析

利用汽车的两自由度模型，应用Simulink软件仿真分析了车速与路面不平度对车轮随机动载变化趋势的影响。同时也分析了车轮随机动载的大小对路面疲劳应力的影响，指出了不同车速和路面不平度引起的路面动力反应及损伤变化规律，即车速和路面不平度的增加将导致汽车动载的增加，从而加速路面的损伤。提出了针对路面状况调整车速可以降低车轮随机动载，从而达到减轻路面损伤的要求。     

道路几何参数对车辆操纵稳定性影响

为研究道路几何参数对车辆操纵稳定性的影响,本文采用MATLAB/Simulink建立了3自由度整车动力学模型,通过数值仿真模拟,研究了车辆在不同超高、纵坡坡度以及合成纵坡下动力响应,在此基础上进一步分析了在不同车速以及前轮转角输入下,道路几何参数对车辆操纵稳定性的影响.结果表明:与水平路面相比,道路超高和纵坡坡度对车辆...     

Design of a signal transducer for direct conversion of wheel linear accelerations into tire lateral forces

This paper describes a design of a real-time conversion system of wheel linear accelerations into tire lateral forces. Though the tire lateral forces are important elements for analyzing vehicle dynamic control performances, they cannot be easily measured in real-time owing to the non-linearities of tire dynamics, friction, and slippage on road. In this paper, we propose a practical direct method using wheel linear accelerations in order to estimate tire lateral forces transmitted into the vehicle in real-time. A simplified vehicle model based on force-acceleration analysis is proposed to assure the real-time performance. The acceleration values are obtained using three-axis accelerometers attached on each wheel location. For conditioning and rectifying the acceleration signals, a signal transducer is designed using a digital filter. And in order to investigate the feasibility and real-time performance, a prototype of signal transducer is fabricated using a digital signal processor. The experimental results and performance are validated with the road test results using six-component wheel force transducers.     

考虑弹性支撑边界条件的电动汽车-路面系统机电耦合振动特性分析

轮毂电机驱动电动汽车的簧下质量大导致轮胎动载荷增加,并且电机电磁力和转矩波动对车轮造成电机激励,进一步加剧车轮振动引起垂向振动负效应的问题。鉴于此,考虑电机的电磁激励,建立了电动汽车-路面系统的机电耦合动力学模型,推导了弹性支撑边界条件下路面结构的模态频率和振型表达式,以及路面振动引起的二次激励。计算了简支与弹性支撑边界条件下的路面模态频率,根据频率分布进行了截断阶数选取,并分析了边界条件、电机激励和车速对路面响应的影响。在此基础上,研究了不同行驶速度、路基反应模量及路面不平顺幅值下,激励形式对汽车车身加速度、悬架动挠度和轮胎动载荷的影响。结果表明：路面不平顺幅值越小,弹性支撑对路面响应的影响越大,弹性支撑边界条件下的路面响应较小,电机激励会引起路面响应的增加;弹性支撑边界条件下,路面不平顺幅值和路基反应模量越小,考虑路面不平顺、路面二次激励和电机激励的三重综合激励对电动汽车响应的影响越大,激励形式对轮胎动载荷的影响最大,对车身加速度的影响次之,对悬架动挠度的影响最小;电机激励导致轮胎动载荷增加,对路面破坏和寿命产生的负效应不容忽视。所建电动汽车-路面系统机电耦合模型及研究思路可为电动汽车垂向动力学分析提供参考与理论支持。     

Model-Based Road Friction Estimation

The tire/road friction coefficient, μ, has a significant role in vehicle longitudinal and lateral control, and there has been associated efforts to measure or estimate the road surface condition to provide additional information for stability augmentation systems of automobiles. In this paper, a model based road friction estimation algorithm is proposed from easily measured signals such as yaw rate and wheel speed. For the development of the estimator, a low order vehicle model incorporated with simple but effective tire model. Field tests of the estimator using actual vehicle measurements show promising results.     

基于RTK五轮仪研制的汽车运动性能试验研究

利用GPS载波相位RTK技术研制成了汽车道路试验RTK五轮仪。应用该五轮仪进行了汽车的直线和曲线运动性能测试,结果表明可以更精确测取汽车运动性能参数,实现基于动态轨迹测量的汽车运动性能试验评价。