Orientador: Pablo Siqueira Meirelles / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T01:26:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sa_RobertoLuisde_M.pdf: 2111156 bytes, checksum: 0673c52c0192cecc5142208203b6adfb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um sistema de controle para um modelo de suspensão hidropneumática concebido para carretas agrícolas. A partir de um modelo não­ linear de um quarto de veículo com dois graus de liberdade foram implementados dois sis­temas de controle, um ativo e outro semi-ativo, ambos baseados na estratégia de controle Skyhook. Considerando-se duas excitações, uma do tipo degrau com amplitude de 40[mm]e outra do tipo variável com amplitudes contidas numa faixa de variação de +/- 30[mm], foram realizadas simulações para três situações diferentes: Com a massa suspensa na condição de carga mínima, na condição de carga média e na condição de carga máxima. Com desempenho próximo ao obtido para o sistema ativo no quesito isolação de vibrações, quando comparado com o caso passivo, o sistema semi-ativo não apresentou deteriorações significativas no mo­ vimento da massa não-suspensa. Foi mostrado que para a aplicação considerada o sistema semi-ativo mostrou ser a melhor opção, uma vez que é mais confiável e apresenta um custo de implementação mais baixo do que um sistema ativo / Abstract: This study deals with the development of a control system suited for a Hydropneumatic Suspension System designed for use in Agricultural Devices. Using the Skyhook Control methodology, two control systems are designed for a quarter car non-linear model, an active and a semi-active one. For performance measurement, two kinds of road excitation sources are considered: a 40[mm] amplitude bump and a variable road profile with amplitude range from -30 to +30[mm]. The simulations take into account three different situations: maximum sprung mass loading, minimum sprung mass loading and medium sprung mass loading. The resulting performance of the semi-active system was almost as good as the performance achieved by the active system and much better than the performance of the passive one. Since the semi-active system is more reliable and has a smaller implementation cost than the active one, for the application concerned it resulted to be the best solution / Mestrado / Mecanica dos Sólidos e Projeto Mecanico / Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Investigation and testing of hydropneumatic suspension systems has previously been done at Scania between the year 1992 and 2000. Interest has aroused at Scania CV AB to further test a hydropneumatic suspension. The reason being the new ventures of decarbonised, clean, electrified, automatized and digitalised vehicles. If electrified trucks are to be adopted in the market as an alternative to trucks with combustion engines, solutions for this type of vehicle’s capacity need to be presented. The vehicle’s weight needs to be reduced; the effectiveness of the components needs to be increased and alternatives to increase battery storage needs to arise if it’s going match the traveling distance of a combustion engine. The mission of the project is to present an installation solution of a hydropneumatic suspension that retains the performance of the current air suspension. The presented material will contain CAD-models of all the brackets that will be designed to fit the suspension, as well as the placement in the vehicle assembly for said brackets. The results show that as for the front suspension the best solution is a placement of the hydraulic cylinders in front of the vehicles front axle. Furthermore the rear suspension is best suited for a placement of the hydraulic cylinders behind the vehicles rear axle. However it was concluded that the rear suspension will not be able to retain the current stroke of the vehicle without sacrificing its ground clearance. Parts of the suspension could however be terminated when the air suspension system was replaced by the hydropneumatic system namely: The front suspension anti-roll bar, shock absorbers, air springs and their coexisting brackets.

Rollover prevention in Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV‟s) offers a great challenge in vehicle safety. By reducing the body roll angle of the vehicle the load transfer will increase and thus decrease the lateral force that can be generated by the tires. This decrease in the lateral force can cause the vehicle to slide rather than to roll over. This study presents the possibility of using slow active suspension control to reduce the body roll and thus reduce the rollover propensity of a vehicle fitted with a hydro-pneumatic suspension system. The slow active control is obtained by pumping oil into and draining oil out of each hydro-pneumatic suspension unit individually. A real gas model for the suspension units as well as for the accumulator that supplies the oil is incorporated in a validated full vehicle Adams model. This model is then used to simulate a double lane change manoeuvre performed by a SUV at 60 km/h and it is shown that a significant improvement in body roll can be obtained with relatively low energy requirements. The proposed control is successfully implemented on a Land Rover Defender test vehicle. A Proportional-Derivative (PD) controller is used to control on-off solenoid operated valves and the flow is adjusted using the lateral acceleration as a parameter. Experimental results confirm that a significant improvement in body roll is possible. AFRIKAANS : Omrolvoorkoming in Sportnutsvoertuie bied geweldige uitdagings in terme van voertuigveiligheid. Deur die rolhoek van die voertuig te verminder word die laterale lasoordrag verhoog en word die laterale krag wat die bande kan genereer minder. As die laterale krag genoeg verminder sal die voertuig eerder gly as omrol. Die studie ondersoek die moontlikheid om stadig-aktiewe suspensiebeheer op 'n voertuig met 'n hidropneumatiese suspensie te gebruik om bakrol te verminder en dus die omrolgeneigdheid van die voertuig te verlaag. Die beheer word toegepas deur olie in elke hidropneumaties suspensie-eenheid individueel in te pomp of te dreineer. 'n Werklike gas model word gebruik om die supensie-eenhede asook die akkumulator, wat die olie aan die suspensie voorsien, te modeleer. Hierdie modelle word in 'n gevalideerde volvoertuig ADAMS model geïnkorporeer en 'n dubbel laanverwisseling word gesimuleer teen 60 km/h. Die resultate toon dat 'n beduidende verbetering in die rolhoek moontlik is met relatiewe lae energievereistes. Die voorgestelde beheer is suksesvol op 'n Land Rover Defender geïmplimenteer en 'n Proportioneele-Differensiaal (PD) beheerder word gebruik om die aan-af solenoїde kleppe te beheer terwyl die vloei aangepas word na gelang van die laterale versnelling. Eksperimentele resultate bevestig dat 'n beduidende verbetering in bakrol moontlik is. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted