Interaction of vehicle and steering system regarding on-centre handling

For the on-centre handling behaviour of vehicles the steering system is absolutely important. To investigate the interaction of the vehicle and steering system a validated, especially tailored simulation model was developed. Some meaningful vehicle and steering system parameters are altered to show the influence on steering wheel torque, steering feel and understeer. The results underline the importance of an accurate steering system model. Identified measures to improve the centre feel and steering response were a stiffer torsion bar, a higher cornering stiffness or a lower overall steering ratio. The steering response, however, suffers when the centre feel is improved by a higher trail. The steering rack friction reduces mainly the steering response while the steering column friction decreases the centre feel whereas a stiffer torsion bar lessens the understeer tendency.     

Pressure drop and heat transfer of catalyzed diesel particulate filters due to changes in soot loading and flow rate

When soot particles are loaded in a diesel particulate filter, it causes increase in back pressure of the exhaust system. To minimize this pressure drop due to DPF, the filter needs to be regenerated after a certain amount of soot has been accumulated. It is crucial to estimate the correct amount of soot that has been accumulated by measuring the differential pressure. It is also important to understand changes in pressure drop due to flow rate variations of the exhaust gas, since the pressure drop would be influenced by the exhaust flow rate as well as the amount of soot. Furthermore, the heat transfer characteristics of the catalyzed diesel particulate filter (CDPF) are another major issue, as the filter is occasionally exposed to high temperature gas. This study presents the characteristics of pressure drop according to the variation of soot loading and the mass flow rate in CDPF. In addition, heat transfer characteristics in the filter was investigated when a high temperature gas flows into the CDPF. Tests were performed in several CDPF samples having varying amounts of catalyst coating. Experimental results indicate that rig-based experiments are useful in understanding the characteristics of pressure drop in the CDPF. In the cake filtration region, a pressure drop has a proportional relationship according to soot loading and mass flow rate. It was found that an increased catalyst coating may lead to enhanced convective heat transfer.     

电气化铁路传动技术100年的发展(一)

在直流电气化铁路上,一开始就较好地掌握了传动技术,但在交流电气化铁路上,几十年来传动技术要求供电电源的频率低于地方电网的频率.进一步发展传动技术时只有使用电力电子技术才可减小受电网支配的影响.今天用GTO和IGBT电力电子元件和微机控制技术,能在所有供电电网下使用交流传动技术.     

曲轴静态淬火工艺(待续)--先进的无旋式曲轴感应淬火和回火技术

本文介绍了一种曲轴感应热处理的新工艺,该工艺不同于常规的工艺,曲轴不旋转.与传统的感应淬火设备的操作相比较,本文概述了该项新静态方法的技术优点,即节约成本和空间.     

基于FPGA的MVB1类设备网卡的设计

考虑到MVB1类设备网卡支持简单的过程数据传送(功能代码为0～4)和设备状态响应(功能代码15)，不支持消息数据、过程数据强制功能的情况，提出利用FPGA(现场可编程门阵列)开发MVB1类设备网卡。这样，在完成通信功能的同时，可以无需外加CPU即完成一些简单的IO、AD等功能，也可以设计出总线方式与CPU相连。实践证明MVB1类设备网卡采用PC104接口与宿主CPU连接，具有110个256位的过程数据通信能力；用FPGA开发MVB1类设备网卡比用MVBC芯片更具优势。     

A STUDY OF SEROTONERGIC NEURONS ON PATHWAY FROM THE MEDULLARYRAPHE NUCLEI TO THE CEREBELLAR CORTEX IN THE KITTEN BY USING FLU

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Development of a path planning system using mean shift algorithm for driver assistance

The longitudinal and lateral vehicle control techniques have been widely used in several active driver assistance systems. The adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistant control, vehicle platooning and stop-and-go control are typical examples of the most important applications. In this study, a novel path planning method is proposed considering the driving environment such as road shape, ego vehicle and surrounding vehicles’ movement. The relative distance and velocity between the ego vehicle and surrounding vehicles are identified with respect to the predicted lane shape in front of the ego vehicle. Based on the identified information, the road shape and surrounding vehicles are mapped into the intensity image and the desired vector for the ego vehicle’s movement is determined by the maximum intensity density tracing method. The desired vehicle path is followed by the acceleration/deceleration control and the steering assist control, respectively. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed system, simulations are conducted and compared with ACC systems.     

Automotive windshield — pedestrian head impact: Energy absorption capability of interlayer material

During accident, the interlayer of windshield plays an important role in the crash safety of automotive and protection of pedestrian or passenger. The understanding of its energy absorption capability is of fundamental importance. Conventional interlayer material of automotive windshield is made by Polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Recently, a new candidate of high-performance nanoporous energy absorption system (NEAS) has been suggested as a candidate for crashworthiness. For the model problem of pedestrian head impact with windshield, we compare the energy absorption capabilities of PVB and NEAS interlayers, in terms of the contact force, acceleration, velocity, head injury criteria, and energy absorption ratio, among which results obtained from PVB interlayers are validated by literature references. The impact speed is obtained from virtual test field in PC-CRASH, and the impact simulations are carried out using explicit finite element simulations. Both the accident speed and interlayer thickness are varied to explore their effects. The explicit relationships established among the energy absorption capabilities, impact speed, and interlayer material/thickness, are useful for safety evaluation as well as automotive design. It is shown that the NEAS interlayer may absorb more energy than PVB interlayer and it may be a competitive candidate for windshield interlayer.     

产能扩张带来质量隐患

从2009年中国取代美国成为世界上最大的汽车市场以来,汽车制造商已然进入了一场激烈的扩张竞赛。在过去两年里,数万亿元人民币涌入汽车制造行业。汽车制造商开始疯狂地扩大产能。按照这种扩张速度,中国的汽车年产能到201 3年将增至31 00万辆,达到2009年产能的两倍。而在中国开展业务的国际汽车制造商则显得保守一些。过去四年里,在占据全国乘用车一半产量的情况下,     

Improvement of combustion efficiency and emission characteristics of IC diesel engine operating on ESC cycle applying Variable Geometry Turbocharger (VGT) with vaneless turbine volute

Based on experimental data, the present study investigates the influence of turbine adjustment in a turbocharger with vaneless turbine volute on diesel combustion efficiency indices and emission characteristics. Experimental investigations were conducted on engine modes as set out by the European Stationary Cycle (ESC). The adjustment algorithms selected for the experiment under ESC modes included adjustment to achieve minimal values of specific fuel consumption (SFC), NOx, CO and particulate matter (PM). In present research only VGT adjustment was investigated, the factors like fuel injection timing and EGR were not investigated. As a result we were able to make a comparison of the engine combustion efficiency and emission indices for VGT and a common turbocharger running on ESC cycle modes.