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1	Profiling of rough terrain Becker, Carl Martin. January 2008 (has links) Thesis (M.Eng.(Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.
2	Parametric study of a dog clutch used in a transfer case for trucks Eriksson, Fredrik, Kuttikkal, Joseph Linu, Mehari, Amanuel January 2013 (has links) Normally the trucks with four wheel drive option will be running in rear wheel drives and the front wheels will be rotating freely. In extreme tough driving conditions, the risk for getting stopped or slipping the rear wheels in mud is high. When the driver tries to engage the four wheel drive option and due to the difference in relative rotational speed of the dog clutch parts, there is a risk for slipping off or bouncing back of the dog clutch. After studying the importance of gear geometry and a few parameters, the team ended up with a new design and the performance of the design found satisfactory when simulated in MSC ADAMS. Dog Clutch Four wheel drive MSC ADAMS Multibody dynamics Latin Hypercube SolidWorks. Mechanical engineering Maskinteknik
3	Evaluations of Vibrations in a Wet Clutch Sandlund, David, Wintercorn, Oskar January 2019 (has links) BorgWarner Powerdrive Systems is constantly developing the performance of wet clutches used in passenger car all-wheel drive systems. The Haldex limited slip coupling, LSC, is the trade name of the all-wheel drive system sold and developed by BorgWarner Powerdrive Systems. In a primary front-wheel driven vehicle, the Haldex LSC can transfer torque to the rear axle based on sensor input with full electronic control and can thus work seamlessly together with other systems such as traction and stability control. In the design of such an all-wheel drive system; it is critical to avoid issues with drive line vibrations as well as the accompanying noise generation. This is a complex issue and even though the goal is to avoid these problems, they may still occur to a certain degree. BorgWarner now wants to investigate whether changes in the friction disc quality may affect the occurrence of vibrations. The friction disc quality could e.g. be described in terms of variations in height, material composition, material porosity and Young's modulus with the variations distributed around the circumferential of the friction disc. This study is however limited to investigate if a difference in height could be the cause of drive line vibrations. The goal is to determine if there is a correlation between a shifting thickness around the circumferential of the friction disc and the occurrence of vibrations. With the help from RISE Sicomp and their 3D-scanner it was possible to determine the difference in height around the circumference of the disc. The discs was scanned and then analyzed with the help of GOM-software. When the height was measured around the disc they were exposed to a run-in, this with the use of an LSC test rig. This way it is possible to see how the friction characteristics changes while it is being used and to later see if the height difference has changed. All this to see the correlation between the difference in height around the disc and the friction characteristics. A micro tomography scanner at LTU was used to section through the disc. It uses x-ray and makes it possible to look at sections all through the disc to see if there is a difference in the strucure of certain areas. If one pillow is more porous then another one. Based solely on the tomography test it is hard explaining the difference in Young’s modulus, the result showed little to none difference between different areas of the disc. With the help from 3D-scanning it has been shown that there is in fact a height difference. That difference becomes smaller with time when used, this due to the wearing of the highest area being greater than that of a lower area. The run-in seems to always have a positive result on the disc. Friction measurements during run-in showed that also a disc with small differences in height could display unfavorable friction characteristics. This would imply that the height difference matters but is not the only contributing factor to vibrations. Even though the difference in thickness of the friction disc has shown to contribute to vibrations, there are still factors that remains unclear. If the height would have been the only factor the friction measurements would support this more than what the actual case is. The other factors need further examination. Haldex BorgWarner Friction Vibrations Wet Clutch Tribology 4wd four wheel drive all wheel drive awd Applied Mechanics Teknisk mekanik
4	Control System and Simulation Design for an All-Wheel-Drive Formula SAE Car Using a Neural Network Estimated Slip Angle Velocity Beacock, Benjamin 12 September 2012 (has links) In 2004, students at the University of Guelph designed and constructed an all-wheel-drive Formula SAE vehicle for competition. It utilized an electronically-controlled, hydraulic-actuated limited slip center coupling from Haldex Traction Ltd, to transfer torque to the front wheels. The initial control system design was not comprehensively conceived, so there was a need for a thoroughly developed control system for the all-wheel-drive actuator augmented with commonly available sensors and a low cost controller. This thesis presents a novel all-wheel-drive active torque transfer controller using a neural network estimated slip angle velocity. This controller specifically targets a racing vehicle by allowing rapid direction changes for maneuverability but damping slip angle changes for increased controllability. The slip angle velocity estimate was able to track the actual simulated value it was trained against with excellent phase matching but with some offsets and phantom spikes. Using the estimated slip angle velocity for control realized smooth control output, excellent stability, and a fast turn-in yaw response on par with rear-wheel-drive configurations. A full vehicle simulation with software-in-the-loop testing for control software was also developed to aid the system design process and avoid vehicle run time for tuning. This design flow should significantly decrease development time for controls algorithm work and help increase innovation within the team. slip angle neural network FSAE Formula SAE vehicle control vehicle simulation stability control AWD four wheel drive all wheel drive soft computing vehicle dynamics
5	Desenvolvimento de um controlador híbrido Fuzzy-PID para estabilização de um VANT do tipo quadrirrotor na realização de um voo autônomo vertical Morais, Edpo Rodrigues de 17 February 2017 (has links) Submitted by Lara Oliveira (lara@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-06-29T22:59:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EdpoRM_DISSERT.pdf: 4900218 bytes, checksum: 0b5f0ce9961abf50eb5fe43f882601c0 (MD5) / Rejected by Vanessa Christiane (referencia@ufersa.edu.br), reason: Corrigir referência. on 2017-07-03T12:21:49Z (GMT) / Submitted by Lara Oliveira (lara@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-07-04T14:22:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EdpoRM_DISSERT.pdf: 4900218 bytes, checksum: 0b5f0ce9961abf50eb5fe43f882601c0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vanessa Christiane (referencia@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-07-04T16:48:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 EdpoRM_DISSERT.pdf: 4900218 bytes, checksum: 0b5f0ce9961abf50eb5fe43f882601c0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vanessa Christiane (referencia@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-07-04T16:58:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 EdpoRM_DISSERT.pdf: 4900218 bytes, checksum: 0b5f0ce9961abf50eb5fe43f882601c0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-04T17:03:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdpoRM_DISSERT.pdf: 4900218 bytes, checksum: 0b5f0ce9961abf50eb5fe43f882601c0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This dissertation proposes the development of a Fuzzy-PID hybrid controller for the height stability control of a four-engine type UAV. The work also contemplates the development of a classical PID controller, used to compare with the hybrid one purposed. The AuRoRA platform is used for the realization of tests with both of the control structures, being this one provided with the parameters of the Drone used. With the test results, it was possible to conclude that both of the controllers, the classical PID and the Fuzzy-PID, are able to perform the Drone height control, and the hybrid control obtained some advantages such as the ability of self-adjust with the system variation, that dispenses the manual tuning of the gains, besides presenting an improvement in the Drone height stability / Esta dissertação propõe o desenvolvimento de um controlador híbrido Fuzzy-PID para o controle de estabilidade de altura de um VANT do tipo quadrirrotor. O trabalho ainda contempla o desenvolvimento de um controlador PID clássico, utilizado para fins de comparação com o controlador híbrido proposto. A plataforma AuRoRA é utilizada para a realização dos testes com ambas as estruturas de controle, sendo a mesma munida dos parâmetros do Drone utilizado. Com os resultados dos testes, foi possível verificar que ambos controladores, PID clássico e Fuzzy-PID, são capazes de realizar o controle de altura do Drone, tendo o controle híbrido obtido algumas vantagens como a capacidade de auto ajuste mediante variações no sistema, o que dispensa as sintonias manuais dos ganhos, além de apresentar uma melhoria na estabilidade da altura do Drone / 2017-06-29 Quadrirrotor Controle híbrido Fuzzy-PID Controle PID Voo vertical Estabilização de altura Four-wheel drive Fuzzy-PID hybrid controller PID control Vertical flight Height stabilization CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA
6	Sensor fusion and fault diagnosticsin non-linear dynamical systems. Nilsson, Albin January 2020 (has links) Sensors are highly essential components in most modern control systems and are used in increasingly complex ways to improve system precision and reliability. Since they are generally susceptible to faults it is common to perform on-line fault diagnostics on sensor data to verify nominal behavior. This is especially important for safety critical systems where it can be imperative to identify, and react to, a fault before it increases in severity. An example of such a safety critical system is the propulsion control of a vehicle. In this thesis, three different model-based methods for Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) are developed and tested with the aim of detecting and isolating sensor faults in the powertrain of an electric, center articulated, four-wheel-drive vehicle. First, kinematic models are derived that combine sensor data from all sensors related to propulsion. Second, the kinematic models are implemented in system observers to produce fault sensitive zero-mean residuals. Finally, fault isolation algorithms are derived, which detect and indicate different types of faults via evaluation of the observer residuals. The results show that all FDI methods can detect and isolate stochastic faults with high certainty, but that offset-type faults are hard to distinguish from modeling errors and are therefore easily attenuated by the system observers. Faults in accelerometer sensors need extra measures to be detectable, owing to the environment where the vehicle is typically operated. A nonlinear system model shows good conformity to the vehicle system, lending confidence to its further use as a driver for propulsion control. Fault detection and isolation FDI sensor fusion nonlinear four wheel drive vehicle kinematics kalman filter KF EKF parity relations Other Mathematics Annan matematik Information Systems
7	Minimization of Noise and Vibration Related to Driveline Imbalance using Robust Design Processes Al-Shubailat, Omar 17 August 2013 (has links) Variation in vehicle noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) response can be caused by variability in design (e.g. tolerance), material, manufacturing, or other sources of variation. Such variation in the vehicle response causes a higher percentage of produced vehicles to have higher levels (out of specifications) of NVH leading to higher number of warranty claims and loss of customer satisfaction, which are proven costly. Measures must be taken to ensure less warranty claims and higher levels of customer satisfactions. As a result, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have implemented design for variation in the design process to secure an acceptable (or within specification) response. The focus here will be on aspects of design variations that should be considered in the design process of drivelines. Variations due to imbalance in rotating components can be unavoidable or costly to control. Some of the major components in the vehicle that are known to have imbalance and traditionally cause NVH issues and concerns include the crankshaft, the drivetrain components (transmission, driveline, half shafts, etc.), and wheels. The purpose is to assess NVH as a result of driveline imbalance variations and develop a tool to help design a more robust system to such variations. program. Java quality engineering quality capability studies manufacturing processes manufacturing engineer design engineer sales profit customer concern warranty objectionable Eigen functions vectors Eigen Eigen values identity Euler differential equations differential transfer case shaft driveline static imbalance dynamic imbalance passenger customer driver inboard ear driver outboard ear steering wheel seat track variation Gamma distribution normal distribution standard deviation average variance mean phasor victor scalar linear system LTI linear time invariant transfer function output input microphone accelerometers tachometer channels order frequency frequency domain time domain convolution Transformation Fourier Transformer Fourier imaginary and real logarithmic decibel sensitivity curves run down run up two wheel drive Four Wheel Drive Nissan Truck OEM Original Equipment Manufacturers Data Acquisitions Channels Simulation Six Sigma variability Design Robust sensitivity Vibration Imbalance Noise Harshness NVH Driveline

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