Optimising a Car Chassis

This paper presents a method to optimise a car chassis fitted either with passive or active suspensions. Provided that a full vehicle model is available for accurate simulations of many different driving situations (J-turn, lane-change, power-on/power-off on even/rough, dry/wet roads), the method allows to tune the parameters of the chassis system (suspension elastokinematics, stiffnesses, dampings, actuator gains, tyre pressures...) in order to achieve the desired dynamic behaviour of the car in all of the considered driving situations. According with the Global Approximation approach, the original physical car model is substituted by another purely numerical mathematical model (backpropagating Artificial Neural Network). This reduces the simulation time dramatically and enables the optimisation process to come to successful results. The computation of the Pareto-optimal set is performed by using Genetic Algorithms. The method is validated by optimising the parameters of the suspension system of an actual car.     

增程式电动SUV行驶稳定性优化设计

结合某增程式电动SUV开发所面临的问题,通过理论分析、悬架K&C分析、整车操稳性分析、悬架系统K特性多目标优化等手段,在保证底盘零部件通用化的基础上,对后悬架K特性进行优化设计,提出优化方案。通过制作设计样车,并对设计样车进行主观评价,底盘性能问题得到很好地解决,为后续底盘性能提升奠定了良好基础。     

某车辆控制臂与副车架连接处拧紧参数优化

汽车悬架系统中常见的焊接类传力支架连接处,易于发生力矩松动异响故障,造成底盘松垮感严重、底盘异响,影响驾驶信心,影响此类结构连接稳定性的重要因素是螺栓的拧紧参数设置是否合理。结合某车型开发过程中出现的副车架与控制臂前铰接点的力矩优化工作,对该类结构的拧紧参数设计方法进行说明,并形成通用化的设计流程图,可用于类似结构的设计借鉴。     

Analysis and optimization of air suspension system with independent height and stiffness tuning

Suspensions play a crucial role in vehicle comfort and handling. Different types of suspensions have been proposed to address essential comfort and handling requirements of vehicles. The conventional air suspension systems use a single flexible rubber airbag to transfer the chassis load to the wheels. In this type of air suspensions, the chassis height can be controlled by further inflating the airbag; however, the suspension stiffness is not controllable, and it depends on the airbag volume and chassis load. A recent development in a new air suspension includes two air chambers (rubber airbags), allowing independent ride height and stiffness tuning. In this air suspension system, stiffness and ride height of the vehicle can be simultaneously altered for different driving conditions by controlling the air pressure in the two air chambers. This allows the vehicle’s natural frequency and height to be adjusted according to the load and road conditions. This article discusses optimization of an air suspension design with ride height and stiffness tuning. An analytical formulation is developed to yield the optimum design of the new air suspension system. Experimental results verify the mathematical modeling and show the advantages of the new air suspension system.     

电动赛车半主动悬架系统仿真及实现

应用汽车动力学理论,以1/4汽车悬架模型为研究对象,用调节减振器的阻尼系数法,建立了二自由度电动赛车的半主动悬架最优控制模型,利用编制的路面谱作为激励输入进行了仿真,并与被动悬架性能进行了对比。结果表明,半主动悬架在车身垂直振动加速度、悬架动行程、轮胎形变量的改善度分别为31.3%、21.4%、12.6%,使车身的振动被控制在某个范围之内,大大提高电动赛车在行驶过程中的平顺性。     

基于ARM的汽车SAS与EPS集成控制器研究

汽车底盘集成控制是汽车工程一新的研究热点。本文以ARM单片机为平台,通过软硬件设计,自研了汽车半主动悬架（SAS）和电动助力转向系统（EPS）集成控制器,并装车进行了实车道路试验,试验结果表明此集成控制器效果良好。为底盘集成控制研究提供了参考。     

A new active variable stiffness suspension system using a nonlinear energy sink-based controller

This paper presents the active case of a variable stiffness suspension system. The central concept is based on a recently designed variable stiffness mechanism which consists of a horizontal control strut and a vertical strut. The horizontal strut is used to vary the load transfer ratio by actively controlling the location of the point of attachment of the vertical strut to the car body. The control algorithm, effected by a hydraulic actuator, uses the concept of nonlinear energy sink (NES) to effectively transfer the vibrational energy in the sprung mass to a control mass, thereby reducing the transfer of energy from road disturbance to the car body at a relatively lower cost compared to the traditional active suspension using the skyhook concept. The analyses and simulation results show that a better performance can be achieved by subjecting the point of attachment of a suspension system, to the chassis, to the influence of a horizontal NES system.     

某乘用车平顺性调校及虚拟验证研究

基于某乘用车前期平顺性目标设定与分解,详细地介绍了其平顺性调校的方法和过程,运用主观评价手段对车辆的平顺性进行了调校,并对调校前后的参数指标建立了动力学虚拟样机。利用仿真方法展开定性验证,结果表明车辆平顺性在调校后满足前期平顺性目标,为底盘调校及悬架设计提供了较好的工程参考。     

一种引入行驶状态识别的半主动悬架PID控制修正算法

基于车辆不同行驶状态（路面不平度和车速）下悬挂质量垂向加速度和悬架动挠度响应不相同的客观事实,针对半主动悬架PID控制器无自适应能力的局限,以悬挂质量垂向加速度和悬架动挠度响应作为车辆行驶状态的识别判据．建立起一种引入行驶状态识别的半主动悬架PID控制修正算法,进而以某型轿车为对象,采用MATLAB／Simulink建立起半主动悬架PID控制的仿真模型,针对不同行驶状态计算出PID控制算法修正前、后的车辆平顺性响应并加以对比,表明所提出的PID控制修正算法是有效的。     

基于多目标粒子群优化算法的某轻型商用车操纵稳定性优化研究

针对某轻型商用车稳态回转时侧倾度偏大的问题对其悬架进行优化改进。基于ADAMS/car搭建整车多体动力学模型,通过前悬架反向平行轮跳试验、后悬架理论计算验证了悬架仿真模型的准确性。进行整车稳态回转工况和转向盘中间位置转向工况仿真分析,结果表明,车身侧倾度偏高。为实现操纵稳定性优化分析的流程自动化,提出了基于modeFRONTIER的联合仿真方法。以悬架设计参数为优化变量,以汽车的侧倾度与横摆角速度响应滞后时间为优化目标,采用拉丁超立方试验设计方法拟合得到混合代理模型,并结合多目标粒子群优化算法对悬架系统进行多目标优化,获得了悬架系统优化方案。优化结果显示,在不影响平顺性的前提下,汽车车身侧倾度降低了13.93%,横摆角速度响应滞后时间降低了2.75%,整车操纵稳定性得到了提升。     

底盘测功机机械惯量电模拟方法的研究和实现

为开发汽车排气污染物简易瞬态工况法测试系统，研究了底盘测功机机械惯量电模拟的相关理论和方法。通过汽车在底盘测功机上运行状态的动力学分析，基于汽车驱动轮转动动态特性相同的原理，建立了汽车底盘测功机机械惯量的电模拟模型。分析了简易瞬态测试工况控制要求和风冷电涡流测功器的性能特点，构建了VMAS测试工况控制系统，应用预测控制和解耦控制理论和技术，设计了底盘测功机机械惯量电模拟控制方案，开发了基于DMC，具有模型增益自校正和解耦功能的VMAS测试扭矩控制器和简易瞬态工况控制试验系统。运行试验结果表明，该系统可以较好地模拟汽车加速运动惯量。     

Decentralized neuro-fuzzy control for half car with semi-active suspension system

In this paper, a decentralized neuro-fuzzy controller has been created in order to improve the ride comfort and increase the stability for half car suspension system, which used the magneto-rheological damper as a semi-active device. Firstly, relative gain array and relative disturbance gain methods have been used for deriving a relation between inputs, disturbances and outputs to select pairing with minimum interaction to design a decentralize controller. Secondary, decentralized neuro-fuzzy controllers for front and rear chassis are designed to predict the required damping force taking the acceleration of the sprung mass and desired acceleration obtained by using pole-placement method as inputs. To predict the control voltage required for producing the force predicted by the controller, the inverse neuro-fuzzy model of MR damper has been designed. Simulation by using MATLAB programs has been created. The results show that the ride comforts and vehicle stability have been improved in comparison with the passive system.     

紧凑型三厢轿车车身及底盘特点分析

随着能源紧张问题在全球范围的日益突出以及环保理念的深入人心,节能、环保、紧凑型的经济型轿车开始备受消费者的青睐,发展紧凑型轿车产业更受到各国政府的鼓励和支持,可以预见,在以后紧凑型的经济型轿车将是家用轿车的主流。本文对现阶段国内在售的紧凑型三厢轿车的车身和底盘特点进行了分析,得出了紧凑型三厢轿车车身尺寸的分布以及悬架的使用情况,并对广泛应用在三厢轿车上的麦弗逊前独立悬架进行了详细分析。     

Comparison between different sets of suspension parameters and introduction of new modified skyhook control strategy incorporating varying road condition

This study examines the uncertainties in modelling a quarter car suspension system caused by the effect of different sets of suspension parameters of a corresponding mathematical model. To overcome this problem, 11 sets of identified parameters of a suspension system have been compared, taken from the most recent published work. From this investigation, a set of parameters were chosen which showed a better performance than others in respect of peak amplitude and settling time. These chosen parameters were then used to investigate the performance of a new modified continuous skyhook control strategy with adaptive gain that dictates the vehicle's semi-active suspension system. The proposed system first captures the road profile input over a certain period. Then it calculates the best possible value of the skyhook gain (SG) for the subsequent process. Meanwhile the system is controlled according to the new modified skyhook control law using an initial or previous value of the SG. In this study, the proposed suspension system is compared with passive and other recently reported skyhook controlled semi-active suspension systems. Its performances have been evaluated in terms of ride comfort and road handling performance. The model has been validated in accordance with the international standards of admissible acceleration levels ISO2631 and human vibration perception.     

应用于车辆实时动力学仿真的悬架模型

针对车辆动力学实时仿真的要求提出一种新的悬架建模方法。将悬架系统视为车身与车轮之间的无质量复合约束，利用悬架杆系的多体运动学模型和准动力学模型来分析悬架系统的运动和力学传动特性，从而悬架动力学问题简化为代数方程组的求解。与基于侧倾／力矩中心理论建立的等交悬架模型相比，该方法可分析悬架杆系内部作用力，并能更准确地描述悬架在水平方向的约束作用；与应用传统多体动力学理论建立的模型相比，该方法解决了仿真实时性的问题。基于这种方法建立了国产某轿车麦弗逊式悬架模型，并将仿真结果和道路试验及ADAMS仿真结果进行了对比，有较好的一致性。     

An efficient recursive least square-based condition monitoring approach for a rail vehicle suspension system

A model-based condition monitoring strategy for the railway vehicle suspension is proposed in this paper. This approach is based on recursive least square (RLS) algorithm focusing on the deterministic ‘input–output’ model. RLS has Kalman filtering feature and is able to identify the unknown parameters from a noisy dynamic system by memorising the correlation properties of variables. The identification of suspension parameter is achieved by machine learning of the relationship between excitation and response in a vehicle dynamic system. A fault detection method for the vertical primary suspension is illustrated as an instance of this condition monitoring scheme. Simulation results from the rail vehicle dynamics software ‘ADTreS’ are utilised as ‘virtual measurements’ considering a trailer car of Italian ETR500 high-speed train. The field test data from an E464 locomotive are also employed to validate the feasibility of this strategy for the real application. Results of the parameter identification performed indicate that estimated suspension parameters are consistent or approximate with the reference values. These results provide the supporting evidence that this fault diagnosis technique is capable of paving the way for the future vehicle condition monitoring system.     

Experimental modeling of controlled suspension vehicles from onboard sensors

In this article, identification of vertical dynamics of vehicles with controlled suspensions is considered. Identification is performed from experimental data measured on a four-poster bench test of a segment C car, equipped with a CDC-Skyhook dampers control system. The measurements are obtained from the onboard accelerometers needed by the control system. A nonlinear model in regression form is identified, having the road profile and damper control currents as inputs and chassis accelerations as outputs. The model is identified by means of a set membership structured identification method, which takes advantage of physical information on the structure of the system, decomposing the system into three subsystems: one represents the chassis and engine and the other two represent the overall behavior of front and rear suspensions, wheels and tires. This decomposition allows us to avoid the complexity accuracy problems derived from the high dimension of required regression space. Indeed, the overall high-dimensional identification problem is reduced to the identification of lower dimensional subsystems and to the estimation of their interactions. An iterative scheme is used for solving the decomposed identification problem. As the chassis pitch is small for the usual road profiles, the chassis-engine block is considered linear and standard linear methods are used for its identification. The other two subsystems are the main sources of nonlinearities in the system, mainly due to the significant nonlinearities of controlled dampers and of tires. Owing to the complexity/accuracy problems of a physical modeling of these subsystems, an input-output approach is taken. In particular, a nonlinear set membership method that does not require the search of the functional form of involved nonlinearities is used for the identification of these subsystems. The iterative algorithm converged in two iterations to a model providing a quite satisfactory simulation accuracy for all the considered road profiles and CDC-Skyhook settings.     

桑塔纳轿车后桥等效刚度分析及测量技术

在桑塔纳轿车使用中发现,其后桥刚度特性的改变,引起该车后悬架刚度特性的变化,从而显著影响它的操纵稳定性。文中从该车的行驶过程中后桥的力学特性入手,详细分析后桥的受力变形特征,简化出能全面反应车桥受力作用的刚度参数,为悬架分析模型的建立提供理论依据;同时考虑后桥刚度参数的试验测量,探索其实际测量原理和测量方法,为后桥刚度的测量分析提供有效手段。     

Experimental modeling of controlled suspension vehicles from onboard sensors

In this article, identification of vertical dynamics of vehicles with controlled suspensions is considered. Identification is performed from experimental data measured on a four-poster bench test of a segment C car, equipped with a CDC-Skyhook dampers control system. The measurements are obtained from the onboard accelerometers needed by the control system. A nonlinear model in regression form is identified, having the road profile and damper control currents as inputs and chassis accelerations as outputs. The model is identified by means of a set membership structured identification method, which takes advantage of physical information on the structure of the system, decomposing the system into three subsystems: one represents the chassis and engine and the other two represent the overall behavior of front and rear suspensions, wheels and tires. This decomposition allows us to avoid the complexity accuracy problems derived from the high dimension of required regression space. Indeed, the overall high-dimensional identification problem is reduced to the identification of lower dimensional subsystems and to the estimation of their interactions. An iterative scheme is used for solving the decomposed identification problem. As the chassis pitch is small for the usual road profiles, the chassis-engine block is considered linear and standard linear methods are used for its identification. The other two subsystems are the main sources of nonlinearities in the system, mainly due to the significant nonlinearities of controlled dampers and of tires. Owing to the complexity/accuracy problems of a physical modeling of these subsystems, an input–output approach is taken. In particular, a nonlinear set membership method that does not require the search of the functional form of involved nonlinearities is used for the identification of these subsystems. The iterative algorithm converged in two iterations to a model providing a quite satisfactory simulation accuracy for all the considered road profiles and CDC-Skyhook settings.