Studien handlar om utveckling av ett flexibelt klokopplingssystem tillsammans med SwePart Transmissioner AB. Principen bygger på att en hylsa med utvändiga splines belastas i inkopplingsförloppet. Hylsan skapar en axiell rörelse som sedan absorberas av fjädrar vilket utgör flexibiliteten i klokopplingen. Studien besvarar frågorna om vilka samband som finns mellan olika faktorer i systemet och hur dessa påverkar dimensioneringen samt vilka modifieringar som måste göras för att uppfylla funktionskraven. Författarna har gjort ett flertal simuleringar på inkopplingsförloppet med programmet MSC Adams för att generera data som krävs för att kunna dimensionera systemet. Resultatet av varje simuleringsförsök utgörs av plottar med storheter som vridmoment, fjäderkraft och förskjutningar. En analys är sedan gjord för att finna den bästa dimensioneringen av ett antal kandidater av kopplingen samt flera olika förslag på idéer för vidare studier. Det finns flera olika samband mellan de uppsatta faktorerna och en dimensionering rekommenderas.

Swedish forest industry is relying on the cut-to-length method for logging and there has always been a constant quest to make it more efficient and sustainable. Reduction of forest soil damage and operator vibration dosages are crucial steps that could facilitate meeting the above stated targets. In this context Skogforsk- The Swedish Forest Research Institute has decided to explore the potential usage of caterpillar tracks on conventional wheeled forwarders. An efficient way to perform this study is to use multi body simulations to evaluate the performance of the tracked forwarder concept over different terrains. This thesis work aims to model and simulate a tracked forwarder in Adams ATV module. As part of the thesis a conventional wheeled forwarder was selected and a track unit was conceptualised to fit it. The concept was modelled and simulate with Adams ATV for various ground conditions. An effort was also made to identify the performance parameters required to improve traction, handling, and ride performance. Based on this some results were selected and studied and inferences were made. The results from the thesis work could provide a guideline on the methodology to be followed and a a deliverable is also a multi-body dynamics model for future design research. / Svensk skogsindustri jobbar efter kortvirkesmetoden för trädavverkning. Det finns en strävan efter att göra denna metod mer effektiv och samtidigt mer ekologiskt hållbar, exempelvis en minskad markpåverkan reduktion av de helkroppsvibrationer som operatören utsätts för. Motivet till detta examensarbete är att utforska möjligheten att ersätta dagens hjulbaserade skogsmaskiner med banddrivna. Det överordnade syftet för examensarbetet är att utveckla en modelleringsmetodik för dynamiska systemsimuleringar. Metoden för detta är att modellera och simulera en banddriven skotare med Adams ATV-modul och att beskriva ett rekommenderat tillvägagångssätt och möjliga resultat. Som en del av arbetet har en traditionell skotare valts och en konceptuell bandenhet har skapats och anpassats för att passa till skogsmaskinen. Konceptet modellerades och simulerades med Adams ATV för olika markunderlag. Ytterligare arbete lades på att identifiera de parametrar som är viktiga för grepp, fordonskontroll och framkomlighet. Baserat på några av resultaten valdes några för en fördjupad studie. Resultatet från examensarbetet kan ge riktlinjer för val av lämplig metodik för denna typ av prestandastudier. En konkret leverabel från projektet är också en dynamisk flerkroppsmodell, som kan utgöra en bas för fortsatta konstruktions- och prestandastudier.

Saab Aerostructures has developed the Crew Entrance Door (CED) for Airbus A400M. Airbus has decided some different load cases for which the Crew Entrance Door must be built to withstand without something breaking down. The door is maneuvered by a mechanical system and the load cases are essential for the sizing of the components in the mechanical system. Saab has previously used MS Excel to analytically calculate resulting forces in the mechanical system due to external and/or internal loads in the different load cases. This report describes how the mechanical system for A400M Crew Entrance Door instead can be modeled and solved numerically with the computer program MSC Adams/View. Creating a model of a mechanical system in MSC Adams/View proved to be easy and fairly quick. The benefit of working with MSC Adams instead of MS Excel is that it is quicker and more user friendly. The major differences when comparing results were believed to be an effect of comparing results from a kinematic model with results from a dynamic model. Therefore it is in the Authors opinion that the analytical method to calculate resulting forces with MS Excel can be replaced by numerical calculations with MSC Adams/View. However, apart from calculating reaction forces there are additional post-simulation calculations for which it is perhaps more beneficial to use MS Excel. To do these post-simulation calculations in MS Excel it is easy to use exported results from MSC Adams. If Saab Aerostructures decide to start working with MSC Adams/View and if Saab wants geometry to be imported to the model, then an advise from the Author is to have a software installed which can convert step-files (*.stp or *.step) to the MSC Adams preferred file format Parasolid (*.xmt_txt or *.x_t). The software should also be able to repair geometry which will greatly increase mass accuracy.

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.

Detta arbete sammanfattar en del av den forskning som gjorts på kugghjul och planetväxlar med avseende på egenskaper som lastfördelning, verkningsgrad och ingreppsstyvheter. En jämförelse görs mellan olika metoder för beräkning av ingreppsstyvheter vilken visar på stora skillnader. En planetväxel av typ D simuleras i flerkroppsdynamikprogramvaran MSC ADAMS där egenskaper som lastfördelning, vridstyvhet och utväxling undersöks.

Företaget SwePart i Liatorp har tagit fram en prototyp på en planetväxel utan glapp vilken kan gynna bl.a. robotindustrin. Problematiseringen är att växeln låter illa vid rotation vilket är vad som ska studeras i detta arbete.Syftet med det här arbetet är att studera reaktionskrafter mellan kuggarna samt kuggformens inverkan på jämnheten i växelns gång. Dessa studier kan leda till kunskap om orsaken till missljud vid interaktion mellan kuggar på planetväxlar. Målet är att få en större inblick i hur kuggarna påverkar varandra vid kontakt och momentöverföring.Studierna utförs genom simuleringar med hjälp av programmet MSC Adams, där SweParts prototypväxel analyseras genom att ta fram kontaktkrafter mellan ett planethjul och ringhjulet.Simuleringarna visar på stora hopp i amplituden under simuleringens tidsintervall vilket kan vara orsaken till missljud. Detta beror bl.a. på kuggarnas form.

The diploma thesis is focused on the development of a mathematical model of the tractor-tool set in the MSC Adams program enabling analysis of the influence of the position of the upper linkage of the three-point hitch on the load of the driving wheels during the system operation. The measured force effects are analysed with focus on the adhesion load of the drive wheels and the traction properties of the tractor. Based on the calculations made, it determines the optimal setting of the upper link of the hitch for the connected tool.

This Master’s Thesis introducing active preload control of machine tool head supported by a company TOSHULIN, a.s. It presents a way of creating models from rigid body models to flexible bodies and finally to multi-body systems with control loop. The goal of this thesis is create active preload control using a piezo-stack system for simplified linear model of ma-chine tool head.

his work deals with the methods of creating computational models for the analysis of the chain drive of camshafts in combustion engines. Methods are compared of the simulation of the drive mechanism; a new method is also presented for the simulation of the tensioning and guide bar by means of a modal reduction of an elastic body in the Multibody system. The work describes individual parts of the chain gear and the mathematical formulation of differential equations of motion. Algorithms are also indicated describing the mutual interaction of bodies in contact. Computations are here described for the determination of individual parameters necessary for setting up a chain drive model. The tensile characteristics of the chain is determined by the FEM programme. The chain model is analyzed in several alternatives of arrangement. FEM calculations are described here of the rigidity of contacts between the chain and the chain wheels and between the chain and the guide bars. The computational model has been created in the MSC ADAMS programme. The computation is carried out for a stabilized speed of the crankshaft of 3,000, 4,500 and 6,000 rpm and for a continuous start from the idle state up to the speed of 6,000 rpm with a constant load of the crankshafts by the torsion moment. Computation is also carried out for loading the crankshafts with a torsion moment deduced from the cam shape. The courses of the quantity obtained are processed by means of FFT; Campbell diagrams have been constructed for their evaluation. The results have been compared with the modal analyses of the individual parts of the chain gear for the determination of their mutual interaction.

This thesis project is conducted in collaboration with Swepart Transmission AB, aimed to dynamically simulate the compact gearbox design with planetary gears meant to be used in robots. The primary objective of this project is to analyze operational principles of planetary gears and their suitability for mitigating lost motion (backlash). Simulations have been carried out using MSC Adams software where the input speed is 1400 rpm on the pinion gear, which is equal to 1100 deg/s when applied to the sun gear. An adjustment gear is mounted atop sun gear, which is used to adjust the position of the planet gears and it is locked with different variations of 0, 5 and 10 degrees of angular displacement to adjust the planet gears. Additionally, one of the planet gears is selected and the position of teeth in that planet gear is deviated by 10, 20, 30 and 40 micrometers and these new gears are then placed in position of the existing planet gear one by one. These models are then simulated to study the variations and effects of angular velocity on the ring gears, angular velocity of the adjustment gear, displacement in radial direction of the planet gear after it is adjusted, force and torque generated on contact between the planet gear and the ring gear over a period of 5 seconds using 1000 time steps.