Actively controlled vehicle suspension with energy regeneration capabilities

The paper presents an innovative dual purpose automotive suspension topology, combining for the first time the active damping qualities with mechanical vibrations power regeneration capabilities. The new configuration consists of a linear generator as an actuator, a power processing stage based on a gyrator operating under sliding mode control and dynamics controllers. The researched design is simple and energetically efficient, enables an accurate force–velocity suspension characteristic control as well as energy regeneration control, with no practical implementation constraints imposed over the theoretical design. Active damping is based on Skyhook suspension control scheme, which enables overcoming the passive damping tradeoff between high- and low-frequency performance, improving both body isolation and the tire's road grip. The system-level design includes configuration of three system operation modes: passive, semi–active or fully active damping, all using the same electro-mechanical infrastructure, and each focusing on different objective: dynamics improvement or power regeneration. Conclusively, the innovative hybrid suspension is theoretically researched, practically designed and analysed, and proven to be feasible as well as profitable in the aspects of power regeneration, vehicle dynamics improvement and human health risks reduction.     

Stability enhancement and fuel economy of the 4-wheel-drive hybrid electric vehicles by optimal tyre force distribution

In this paper, vehicle stability control and fuel economy for a 4-wheel-drive hybrid vehicle are investigated. The integrated controller is designed within three layers. The first layer determines the total yaw moment and total lateral force made by using an optimal controller method to follow the desired dynamic behaviour of a vehicle. The second layer determines optimum tyre force distribution in order to optimise tyre usage and find out how the tyres should share longitudinal and lateral forces to achieve a target vehicle response under the assumption that all four wheels can be independently steered, driven, and braked. In the third layer, the active steering, wheel slip, and electrical motor torque controllers are designed. In the front axle, internal combustion engine (ICE) is coupled to an electric motor (EM). The control strategy has to determine the power distribution between ICE and EM to minimise fuel consumption and allowing the vehicle to be charge sustaining. Finally, simulations performed in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment show that the proposed structure could enhance the vehicle stability and fuel economy in different manoeuvres.     

Effective assessment of tyre–road friction coefficient using a hybrid estimator

Vehicle stability and active safety control depend heavily on tyre forces available on each wheel of a vehicle. Since tyre forces are strongly affected by the tyre–road friction coefficient, it is crucial to optimise the use of the adhesion limits of the tyres. This study presents a hybrid method to identify the road friction limitation; it contributes significantly to active vehicle safety. A hybrid estimator is developed based on the three degrees-of-freedom vehicle model, which considers longitudinal, lateral and yaw motions. The proposed hybrid estimator includes two sub-estimators: one is the vehicle state information estimator using the unscented Kalman filter and another is the integrated road friction estimator. By connecting two sub-estimators simultaneously, the proposed algorithm can effectively estimate the road friction coefficient. The performance of the proposed estimation algorithm is validated in CarSim/Matlab co-simulation environment under three different road conditions (high-μ, low-μ and mixed-μ). Simulation results show that the proposed estimator can assess vehicle states and road friction coefficient with good accuracy.     

伦洲大桥主桥结构设计

伦洲大桥主桥为100 m+2×170 m+100 m空腹式连续梁—刚构组合体系.主梁采用单箱双室截面,主梁上、下弦汇合段采用柔性中板方案;下弦设置顶板束,梁段根部下弦设置腹板下弯束,顶板悬臂浇筑束两两错开布置;上、下弦汇合前施加顶推力并设置临时固结;主墩为实体墩,中主墩固结,边主墩释放,边主墩横向设3排支座,墩顶设临时固结块.0号块、边跨现浇段及合龙段采用支架现浇,其他节段采用挂篮悬臂浇筑.分别采用MIDAS Civil 2010、ANSYS 10.0软件进行主桥总体及局部应力分析,计算结果表明:伦洲大桥各项指标均能满足规范要求,且有一定的安全储备.     

传统轿车搭载混合动力系统整车技术

结合混合动力车工作原理,从动力系统、底盘、整车电子电器等方面,详细说明传统轿车改制成混合动力车所涉及到的整车技术。     

世界舰船柴油机技术发展回顾与展望

阐述了柴油机在舰船动力装备中的重要地位,总结了世界舰船柴油机技术发展情况,并对未来舰船柴油机技术发展方向进行了展望,提出了国内舰船柴油机技术"十二五"发展重点。     

基于实时以太网的电力推进船舶IPNCS设计

针对现场总线技术在综合电力网络控制系统中应用的不足,设计了将基于实时以太网的网络控制系统植入综合全电力系统的模型。通过增加软件调度层并在线确定优先级的方法,确定实时节点占用信道的顺序,克服了现场总线技术缺点的同时解决了以太网本身的实时性问题,符合电力推进船舶综合全电力系统的要求及其发展趋势。仿真结果证明了结论的有效性。     

感应推进电机模态分析

本文通过建立某感应推进电机有限元分析模型,采用商业软件ANSYS进行模态分析。分析结果表明,该感应电机固有频率有效的避开了电机激振力频率,可以可靠运行。     

舰船永磁电机推进系统概述

本文介绍了永磁电机及其推进技术的特征、优势,并与传统推进形式进行了比较,介绍了相关技术国外应用情况以及分析发展我国永磁推进技术的主要方向。     

吊舱式船舶电力推进实验系统的设计

介绍了吊舱式电力推进实验系统的硬件装置设计、推进系统控制策略、回转系统控制策略以及船桨模型仿真。此系统应用变频传动、电机控制、可编程控制器、总线通信等技术,主要构成部件有驾控台、机旁台、吊舱推进子系统、回转控制子系统等,整合了物理硬件设备和软件仿真,实现了就地控制和远程控制,为研究吊舱式电力推进系统提供了实验平台。