Definition of wind blowers for vehicles testing at chassis-dyno facilities using a CFD approach

The need to increase measurement accuracy of fuel consumption and pollutant emissions in vehicles is forcing the market to develop chassis-dyno test cells that reproduce on-road conditions realistically.Air-cooling is key to vehicle performance. It is therefore critical that the design of a test cell guarantees realistic cooling of all vehicle components, as important errors in fuel consumption and emissions measurements may otherwise arise. In a test-room, a blower placed in front of the vehicle supplies the cooling air. While there are some guidelines in the literature for the selection of fans required for emissions measurements for standard driving cycles, the information for designing the air supply system for specific tests in other areas is scarce.New Real Driving Emissions (RDE) legislation will force manufacturers to perform on-road measurements of pollutants. This represents a significant challenge due to the variability of conditions coming from non-controlled parameters. In order to optimize vehicles, different tests are performed in cells equipped with a chassis-dyno where the on-road flow field around the vehicle is reproduced as closely as possible.This work provides some guidelines for the definition of the airflow supply system of chassis-dyno facilities for vehicle optimization tests, based on a CFD analysis of the flow characteristics around the vehicle. By comparison with the solution obtained for a vehicle in real road driving conditions, the exit section of the blower and the distance between the blower exit and the car that best reproduce realistic on-road flow conditions in a test room are determined.     

A real-time adaptive signal control in a connected vehicle environment

The state of the practice traffic signal control strategies mainly rely on infrastructure based vehicle detector data as the input for the control logic. The infrastructure based detectors are generally point detectors which cannot directly provide measurement of vehicle location and speed. With the advances in wireless communication technology, vehicles are able to communicate with each other and with the infrastructure in the emerging connected vehicle system. Data collected from connected vehicles provides a much more complete picture of the traffic states near an intersection and can be utilized for signal control. This paper presents a real-time adaptive signal phase allocation algorithm using connected vehicle data. The proposed algorithm optimizes the phase sequence and duration by solving a two-level optimization problem. Two objective functions are considered: minimization of total vehicle delay and minimization of queue length. Due to the low penetration rate of the connected vehicles, an algorithm that estimates the states of unequipped vehicle based on connected vehicle data is developed to construct a complete arrival table for the phase allocation algorithm. A real-world intersection is modeled in VISSIM to validate the algorithms. Results with a variety of connected vehicle market penetration rates and demand levels are compared to well-tuned fully actuated control. In general, the proposed control algorithm outperforms actuated control by reducing total delay by as much as 16.33% in a high penetration rate case and similar delay in a low penetration rate case. Different objective functions result in different behaviors of signal timing. The minimization of total vehicle delay usually generates lower total vehicle delay, while minimization of queue length serves all phases in a more balanced way.     

模拟计算法在重型车辆燃油经济性标准中的应用研究

随着节能减排压力的日益严重,世界各国均开始制定重型车辆的燃油经济性标准。在对重型车燃油经济性的测量方面,模拟计算法由于操作简单、可重复性好、成本低的优点越来越受到行业的重视,在日本、中国和美国的标准中都得到了应用。本文在分析模拟计算法测量车辆燃油经济性的原理基础上,对比研究了日本、中国和美国标准中模拟计算法的应用情况,分析了各国在模拟计算法关键环节上策略的异同。     

落实中越运输议定书 实现公务车相互驶入

文章结合国内相关法规,对中越汽车运输的＂两议定书＂和＂国际汽车运输行车许可证制度＂中有关公务车辆的内容进行解读,并就如何早日实现中越两国间公务车辆相互驶入问题,提出了建立国际道路运输协调机制等八项举措。     

城市轨道交通车辆基地室外综合管沟的应用研究

室外管线综合设计是城市轨道交通车辆基地设计的重点和难点,通常室外管线多以直埋的方式敷设于地下,但这种方式在设计、施工、运营维护阶段均存在着一些问题,因此提出了在室外设置综合管沟的方式,尽可能解决目前出现的问题.针对相关问题,提出了设置室外综合管沟的必要性和意义,从入沟管线种类分析、综合管沟管线布置原则、断面设计、特殊节...     

宽频型迷宫式约束阻尼钢轨降噪特性试验研究

介绍了宽频型迷宫式约束阻尼钢轨的降噪原理,通过现场测试阻尼装置安装前后列车通过高架桥曲线段时车厢内、司机室、高架桥噪声数据,经过A计权声压级处理得出不同测点的降噪效果,以确定高架线路段阻尼钢轨的控制频带范围。测试结果表明:对于车厢内和司机室噪声,800 Hz频率处降噪效果最好,500～3 150 Hz频带内有效降噪5.0～7.7 dB(A);对于高架桥环境辐射噪声,2 000 Hz频率处降噪效果最好,7.5 m处平均降噪8.4 dB(A),30 m处平均降噪5.2 dB(A)。     

铁道车辆横向能量回馈式主动悬挂鲁棒控制

为保证一类具有参数不确定的铁道车辆横向能量回馈式主动悬挂系统的稳定性, 通过引入带有交叉乘积项的二次型调节器, 提出了一种鲁棒H∞控制器的设计方法, 并对含摄动的悬挂系统模型进行了鲁棒H∞控制器设计。分析了具有参数摄动的能量回馈式主动悬挂系统的能量平衡条件, 并在MATLAB/SIMULINK下, 对控制系统进行了仿真。仿真结果表明: 不确定闭环系统的结构奇异值峰值为0.867 5, 鲁棒H∞控制器使得能量回馈式主动悬挂系统鲁棒稳定; 车辆模型的共振频率增益降低了40 dB, 悬挂减振性能得到明显改善; 整个仿真过程回收能量为29.5 J, 系统达到了能量平衡。     

公交浮动车辆到站时间实时预测模型

根据公交浮动车辆实时GPS数据, 考虑不同时段的路段平均速度、公交车站、信号灯等多因素的影响, 建立了一种新的公交车辆到站时间预测模型。通过估计到达下游最临近站点的时间和判断道路上GPS数据的有效性等方法, 改善了预测模型的精度, 并应用重庆公交车辆数据对模型进行验证。计算结果表明: 该模型能够实时预测公交浮动车辆到达下游站点的时间, 预测精度优于现有方法, 在高峰时段预测误差小于9%, 在非高峰时段预测误差约为6%, 并对各种道路交通条件具有较好的适应性。     

城市轨道交通网络化运营条件下车辆基地的资源共享要点

以《地铁设计规范》为依据,从车辆运用及维修角度,论述了城市轨道交通网络化运营条件下车辆基地的资源共享,包括车辆检修、段场共址建设、综合维修、物质供应和管理、技术培训、专用设备等方面的资源共享原则和注意事项。车辆基地资源共享不仅可满足车辆检修维保的功能需要,同时可有效避免或减少重复建设,节省工程投资,并提高资源利用效率,降低运营成本。     

铁道车辆轴箱弹簧断裂故障对动力学性能的影响

车辆运行过程中,当轴箱弹簧突发断裂故障,会造成动力学状态和性能突变,一系悬挂刚度突然减小,暂时失去承载能力,会威胁车辆行车安全。结合整车的动力学仿真,建立了轴箱弹簧断裂过程的力学模型,对整个断裂过程进行仿真,模拟了轴箱弹簧突然断裂工况下车辆动力学性能变化,分析了轴箱弹簧断裂条件下车辆直线行车安全性以及曲线通过安全性。计算分析结果表明:轴箱弹簧突然断裂导致一系悬挂刚度剧变,引起轮轨垂向力先减小后增大,轮重减载率、脱轨系数等参数增大直至超限,但对轮轨横向力影响不大。