Numerical investigation of engine-to-slip dynamics for motorcycle traction control applications

This work discusses the motorcycle engine-to-slip dynamics which are strictly related to the traction control design. A street motorcycle is analysed by means of an advanced mathematical model which also includes the tyre flexibility and the transmission compliance. The effects of the following parameters on engine-to-slip dynamics are investigated: vehicle speed, engaged gear ratio, sprocket absorber flexibility and road properties. Guidelines for increasing the maximum achievable closed-loop bandwidth are given.     

Dynamic analysis and control of an anti-lock brake system for a motorcycle with a camber angle

This paper analyses the dynamic response of a motorcycle with an anti-lock brake system (ABS) and camber or steering angle. Most studies have assumed that motorcycles brake in a straight line – that is, without a steering or camber angle. In this work, the performance of an ABS modulator is designed and analysed at first. Then, a controller is designed for motorcycle turning. The controller uses angular acceleration and the pressure value in brake calipers on the front and rear wheels, camber angle and lateral acceleration as commands to control brake pressure on each wheel to prevent wheel locking. The equation of motion for a motorcycle is based on Weir's equations. This motorcycle model combines a mathematical equation of the ABS modulator, tyre model and controller in simulations.     

A novel vehicle dynamics stability control algorithm based on the hierarchical strategy with constrain of nonlinear tyre forces

Direct yaw moment control (DYC), which differentially brakes the wheels to produce a yaw moment for the vehicle stability in a steering process, is an important part of electric stability control system. In this field, most control methods utilise the active brake pressure with a feedback controller to adjust the braked wheel. However, the method might lead to a control delay or overshoot because of the lack of a quantitative project relationship between target values from the upper stability controller to the lower pressure controller. Meanwhile, the stability controller usually ignores the implementing ability of the tyre forces, which might be restrained by the combined-slip dynamics of the tyre. Therefore, a novel control algorithm of DYC based on the hierarchical control strategy is brought forward in this paper. As for the upper controller, a correctional linear quadratic regulator, which not only contains feedback control but also contains feed forward control, is introduced to deduce the object of the stability yaw moment in order to guarantee the yaw rate and side-slip angle stability. As for the medium and lower controller, the quantitative relationship between the vehicle stability object and the target tyre forces of controlled wheels is proposed to achieve smooth control performance based on a combined-slip tyre model. The simulations with the hardware-in-the-loop platform validate that the proposed algorithm can improve the stability of the vehicle effectively.     

A vehicle ABS adaptive sliding-mode control algorithm based on the vehicle velocity estimation and tyre/road friction coefficient estimations

A sliding-mode observer is designed to estimate the vehicle velocity with the measured vehicle acceleration, the wheel speeds and the braking torques. Based on the Burckhardt tyre model, the extended Kalman filter is designed to estimate the parameters of the Burckhardt model with the estimated vehicle velocity, the measured wheel speeds and the vehicle acceleration. According to the estimated parameters of the Burckhardt tyre model, the tyre/road friction coefficients and the optimal slip ratios are calculated. A vehicle adaptive sliding-mode control (SMC) algorithm is presented with the estimated vehicle velocity, the tyre/road friction coefficients and the optimal slip ratios. And the adjustment method of the sliding-mode gain factors is discussed. Based on the adaptive SMC algorithm, a vehicle's antilock braking system (ABS) control system model is built with the Simulink Toolbox. Under the single-road condition as well as the different road conditions, the performance of the vehicle ABS system is simulated with the vehicle velocity observer, the tyre/road friction coefficient estimator and the adaptive SMC algorithm. The results indicate that the estimated errors of the vehicle velocity and the tyre/road friction coefficients are acceptable and the vehicle ABS adaptive SMC algorithm is effective. So the proposed adaptive SMC algorithm can be used to control the vehicle ABS without the information of the vehicle velocity and the road conditions.     

RTG大车轮胎异常损坏的原因分析与预防

为减少和避免轮胎在使用过程中出现异常损坏,延长轮胎使用寿命,对RTG大车轮胎在日常使用中出现的异常损坏现象加以分析。对轮胎常见异常损坏位置分布进行统计,对异常损坏原因进行分析。提出了在RTG大车轮胎维护过程中的注意事项和延长轮胎使用寿命的方法和措施。     

高速公路爆胎事故的影响因素及其预防

通过调查和实验分析,影响爆胎事故的有轮胎气压、车辆装载质量、行车速度和轮胎磨损4个主要因素,高速公路的道路特点和车辆的运行特点(如高速度、重装载、远距离)对这些因素有着直接的影响,控制这些因素所带来的影响,可以有效地预防高速公路爆胎事故的发生。     

轮胎质量改进

为了改进轮胎质量及其使用寿命，分析了影响轮胎制造质量及其使用寿命的因素，改进了轮胎结构、胶料配方、花纹设计及轮胎生产工艺等。道路试验结果表明，轮胎的各项性能均达到了性能标准。     

基于ANFIS的轮胎侧向力模型

用自适应神经模糊推理系统(ANFIS)建立了轮胎的侧向力模型,并与反向传播神经网络(BPNN)建模结果作出比较。     

废旧轮胎复合型吸声屏障的研究与应用

利用废旧轮胎与水泥混凝土加压穿孔板两种主体材料研发出一种新型的复合吸声屏障,并从实验和理论上证实了该种声屏障在中、低频段吸声良好,平均吸声系数可达0.62,适合于公路交通噪声降噪需要。最后,对该种声屏障的安装结构进行了介绍。     

机车轮箍弛缓监测装置设计

分析了机车轮箍弛缓的原因，提出了加装机车轮箍弛缓监测装置的设计方案进行了方案比较，给出试验结果分析，证实该装置的监测有效的。