Design of tyre force excitation for tyre–road friction estimation

Knowledge of the current tyre–road friction coefficient is essential for future autonomous vehicles. The environmental conditions, and the tyre–road friction in particular, determine both the braking distance and the maximum cornering velocity and thus set the boundaries for the vehicle. Tyre–road friction is difficult to estimate during normal driving due to low levels of tyre force excitation. This problem can be solved by using active tyre force excitation. A torque is added to one or several wheels in the purpose of estimating the tyre–road friction coefficient. Active tyre force excitation provides the opportunity to design the tyre force excitation freely. This study investigates how the tyre force should be applied to minimise the error of the tyre–road friction estimate. The performance of different excitation strategies was found to be dependent on both tyre model choice and noise level. Furthermore, the advantage with using tyre models with more parameters decreased when noise was added to the force and slip ratio.     

The Kalker book of tables for non-Hertzian contact of wheel and rail

A new regularisation of non-elliptical contact patches has been introduced, which enables building the look-up table called by us the Kalker book of tables for non-Hertzian contact (KBTNH), which is a fast creep force generator that can be used by multibody dynamics system simulation programs. The non-elliptical contact patch is regularised by a simple double-elliptical contact region (SDEC). The SDEC region is especially suitable for regularisation of contact patches obtained with approximate non-Hertzian methods for solving the normal contact problem of wheel and rail. The new regularisation is suitable for wheels and rails with any profiles, including worn profiles.

The paper describes the new procedure of regularisation of the non-elliptical contact patch, the structure of the Kalker book of tables, and parameterisation of the independent variables of the tables and creep forces.

A moderate volume Kalker book of tables for SDEC region suitable for simulation of modern running gears has been computed in co-simulation of Matlab and program CONTACT.

To access the creep forces of the Kalker book of tables, the linear interpolation has been applied.

The creep forces obtained from KBTNH have been compared to those obtained by program CONTACT and FASTSIM algorithm. FASTSIM has been applied on both the contact ellipse and the SDEC contact patch. The comparison shows that KBTNH is in good agreement with CONTACT for a wide range of creepage condition and shapes of the contact patch, whereas the use of FASTSIM on the elliptical patch and SDEC may lead to significant deviations from the reference CONTACT solutions.

The computational cost of calling creep forces from KBTNH has been estimated by comparing CPU time of FASTSIM and KBTNH. The KBTNH is 7.8–51 times faster than FASTSIM working on 36–256 discretisation elements, respectively.

In the example of application, the KBTNH has been applied for curving simulations and results compared with those obtained with the creep force generator employing the elliptical regularisation. The results significantly differ, especially in predicted creepages, because the elliptical regularisation neglects generation of the longitudinal creep force by spin creepage.     

Dynamic simulation of train–truck collision at level crossings

Trains crashing onto heavy road vehicles stuck across rail tracks are more likely occurrences at level crossings due to ongoing increase in the registration of heavy vehicles and these long heavy vehicles getting caught in traffic after partly crossing the boom gate; these incidents lead to significant financial losses and societal costs. This paper presents an investigation of the dynamic responses of trains under frontal collision on road trucks obliquely stuck on rail tracks at level crossings. This study builds a nonlinear three-dimensional multi-body dynamic model of a passenger train colliding with an obliquely stuck road truck on a ballasted track. The model is first benchmarked against several train dynamics packages and its predictions of the dynamic response and derailment potential are shown rational. A geometry-based derailment assessment criterion is applied to evaluate the derailment behaviour of the frontal obliquely impacted trains under different conditions. Sensitivities of several key influencing parameters, such as the train impact speed, the truck mass, the friction at truck tyres, the train–truck impact angle, the contact friction at the collision zone, the wheel/rail friction and the train suspension are reported.     

沿海公路反开挖施工中的若干问题

对软土路基的反开挖问题进行了探讨,提出了开挖时间的确定,并论述了基底承载力大小以及反开挖施工合理性问题.     

强夯置换法处理滨海公路软土路基

结合辽宁省滨海公路庄河市大张至中隈段的土质情况,阐述了强夯处理软土地基的设计方法、施工过程及处理后的地基效果.     

浅谈软土泥沼地基的处理方法

介绍了软土及泥沼地基处理方法,有换土垫层法、强夯法、侧向约束法、土工织物加固法、排水固结法、综合处理方法的机理和适用范围。     

地铁深基坑的变形分析与控制技术

本文通过现场探索和理论研究,根据不同的场区地质条件、环境要求和施工条件等,提出一种基坑土体变形控制方法,力求达到最优的既经济又安全的效果,可为类似工程作为参考。     

基于系统动力学的大连市出租车保有量预测

采用系统动力学模型,找出影响出租车规模内外因素间的因果关系,包括经济、人口、机动车保有量、出行需求、政策等.在系统结构分析和因果反馈分析的基础上建立了出租车系统,以大连市出租车相关统计数据进行仿真计算,分析了不同的发展政策对出租车系统的影响,提出相应的建议和对策.     

自升式钻井平台动态响应研究

综合考虑风浪流等环境载荷、桩靴与土壤之间的相互作用行为及静水压力和波浪动压力所引起的浮力效应的影响,运用有限元软件模拟了自升式钻井平台的动态响应过程,获得了0°环境载荷作用下自升式钻井平台的船体位移、桩腿危险处应力、桩靴载荷的变化规律。研究结果表明:自升式钻井平台的动态响应周期约为38s,是波浪周期的2.8倍,且在环境载荷作用角度为30°时,船体位移峰值最大,而位移均值在45°时最大。     

塞拉利昂Pepel地区淤泥质软土工程地质特性

根据塞拉利昂Pepel地区沿岸港口工程的地质勘察资料,通过对该区域淤泥质软土的物理、力学性质指标进行统计与分析,探讨Pepel地区淤泥质软土的工程地质特性,为该地区港口工程规划和水工建(构)筑物的设计提供必要参考。