Transient Dynamic Analysis of a Linear Model of a Bus

Transient analysis of a linear model of a bus was performed. In the experiment the right front wheel of the bus rolled over a bump and one acceleration, two axil forces in the wheel suspension and two bending moments in the frame of the bus were measured. The different parts of the bus were modelled by uniform Rayleigh-Timoshenko beams and rigid bodies. This beam element has a uniformly distributed stiffness, inertia and viscous and/or hysteretic damping along its axis. The loading of the bus due to the bump was in the theoretical analysis modelled by a prescribed transient displacement of the model of the wheel. The fast Fourier transform technique was utilized. Fairly good agreement between calculated and measured values was obtained.