Simulation of maneuvers with multibody models of rotorcraft vehicles is an important research area due to its complexity. During the maneuvering flight, some important design limitations are encountered such as maximum loads and maximum turning rates near the proximity of the flight envelope. This increases the demand on high fidelity models in order to define appropriate controls to steer the model close to the desired trajectory while staying inside the boundaries. A framework based on the hierarchical decomposition of the problem is used for this study. The system should be capable of generating the track by itself based on the given criteria and also capable of piloting the model of the vehicle along this track. The generated track must be compatible with the dynamic characteristics of the vehicle. Defining the constraints for the maneuver is of crucial importance when the vehicle is operating close to its performance boundaries. In order to make the problem computationally feasible, two models of the same vehicle are used where the reduced model captures the coarse level flight dynamics, while the fine scale comprehensive model represents the plant. The problem is defined by introducing planning layer and control layer strategies. The planning layer stands for solving the optimal control problem for a specific maneuver of a reduced vehicle model. The control layer takes the resulting optimal trajectory as an optimal reference path, then tracks it by using a non-linear model predictive formulation and accordingly steers the multibody model. Reduced models for the planning and tracking layers are adapted by using neural network approach online to optimize the predictive capabilities of planner and tracker. Optimal neural network architecture is obtained to augment the reduced model in the best way. The methodology of adaptive learning rate is experimented with different strategies. Some useful training modes and algorithms are proposed for these type of applications. It is observed that the neural network increased the predictive capabilities of the reduced model in a robust way. The proposed framework is demonstrated on a maneuvering problem by studying an obstacle avoidance example with violent pull-up and pull-down.

Für die elastische Mehrkörpersimulation bzw. die FEM-MKS-Kopplung sind reduzierte FE-Modelle von großer Bedeutung. Die Erstellung reduzierter Modelle mit hoher Abbildungsgüte im Rahmen einer Modellordnungsreduktion erfordert einerseits ein geeignetes Reduktions-verfahren und andererseits zuverlässige Korrelationsmethoden. Beides wird durch die Soft-ware MORPACK bereitgestellt. Die Korrelation reduzierter FE-Modelle basiert in MORPACK derzeit ausschließlich auf modalen Eigenschaften. Ausgehend von der Annahme, dass sich die Abbildungsgüte eines reduzierten FE-Modells erst im Rahmen einer Zeitbereichssimula-tion vollständig beurteilen lässt, ist eine dahingehende Erweiterung von MORPACK geplant. Für einfache Topologien muss die Möglichkeit bestehen, das dynamische Verhalten, redu-zierter Modelle, direkt in MORPACK zu simulieren. Mit Hilfe der resultierenden Zeitsignale werden die reduzierten Modelle bewertet. Für die Umsetzung dieser Idee muss in MORPACK zunächst ein eigenständiges EMKS-Programm implementiert werden. Die Implementierung des EMKS-Programms in MORPACK (bzw. MATLAB) stellt den Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit dar. Es werden zunächst die Anforderungen an das EMKS-Programm formuliert. Nach der Behandlung aller erforderlichen theoretischen Grundlagen werden die Systemgleichungen hergeleitet. Anschließend wird ein Formalismus bereitgestellt, der den Aufbau der Systemgleichungen, auf Basis der Nutzereingaben ermöglicht. Nach der Implementierung des Formalismus wird das EMKS-Programm verifiziert und erprobt. / Reduced FE-Models are very important for elastic multibody simulation and FEM-MKS-coupling. The generation of reduced FE-models with high approximation quality in a model order reduction requires on the one hand a suitable reduction method and on the other hand reliable correlation methods. Both are provided by the MORPACK software. In MORPACK the correlation of reduced FE models based currently only on modal properties. An extension of the MORPACK software is planned on the assumption, that the approximation quality of a reduced FE-model can be completely assessed only in a time domain simulation. For simple topologies, it must be possible to simulate the dynamic behavior of reduced models directly into MORPACK. With the correlation of resulting time signals, the reduced models are as-sessed. To realize this idea, an independent EMKS program must be implemented in MORPACK. The implementation of the EMKS program in MORPACK (respectively MATLAB) represents the focus of this thesis. The first part is to formulate the necessary requirements for the EMKS program. After handling of all the necessary theoretical foundations, the system equa-tions are derived. Subsequently, formalism is provided that allows a construction of the sys-tem equations based on the user input. After the implementation of the formalism, the EMKS program will verify and tested.

Modeling and simulation of granular matter has important applications in both natural science and industry. One widely used method is the discrete element method (DEM). It can be used for simulating granular matter in the gaseous, liquid as well as solid regime whereas alternative methods are in general applicable to only one. Discrete element analysis of large systems is, however, limited by long computational time. A number of solutions to radically improve the computational efficiency of DEM simulations are developed and analysed. These include treating the material as a nonsmooth dynamical system and methods for reducing the computational effort for solving the complementarity problem that arise from implicit treatment of the contact laws. This allow for large time-step integration and ultimately more and faster simulation studies or analysis of more complex systems. Acceleration methods that can reduce the computational complexity and degrees of freedom have been invented. These solutions are investigated in numerical experiments, validated using experimental data and applied for design exploration of iron ore pelletising systems. / <p>This work has been generously supported by Algoryx Simulation, LKAB (dnr 223-</p><p>2442-09), Umeå University and VINNOVA (2014-01901).</p>

This doctoral thesis is devoted to studying the possibilities of using additive manufacturing (AM) and design based on computed tomography (CT), for the production of patient-specific implants within orthopedic surgery, initially in a broad perspective and, in the second part of the thesis focusing on customized clavicle osteosynthesis plates. The main AM method used in the studies is the Electron Beam Melting (EBM) technology. Using AM, the parts are built up directly from 3D computer models, by melting or in other ways joining thin layers of material, layer by layer, to build up the part. Over the last 20 years, this fundamentally new way of manufacturing and the rapid development of software for digital 3D reconstruction of anatomical models from medical imaging, have opened up entirely new opportunities for the design and manufacturing of patient-specific implants. Based on the information in a computed tomography (CT) scan, both digital and physical models of the anatomy can be created and of implants that are customized based on the anatomical models.   The main method used is a number of case studies performed, focusing on different parts of the production chain, from CT-scan to final implant, and with several aims: learning about the details of the different steps in the procedure, finding suitable applications, developing the method and trying it out. The first study was on customized hip stems, focusing on the EBM method and its special preconditions and possibilities. It was followed by a study of bone plates, designed to follow the patient-specific bone contour, in this case a tibia fracture including the whole production chain. Further, four cases of patient-specific plates for clavicle fracture fixation were performed in order to develop and evaluate the method. The plates fit towards the patient’s bone were tested in cooperation with an orthopedic surgeon at Östersund hospital. In parallel with the case studies, a method for finite element (FE) analysis of fixation plates placed on a clavicle bone was developed and used for the comparative strength analysis of different plates and plating methods. The loading on the clavicle bone in the FE model was defined on a muscle and ligament level using multibody musculoskeletal simulation for more realistic loading than in earlier similar studies.    The initial studies (papers I and II) showed that the EBM method has great potential, both for the application of customized hip stems and bone plates; in certain conditions EBM manufacturing can contribute to significant cost reductions compared to conventional manufacturing methods due to material savings and savings in file preparation time. However, further work was needed in both of the application areas before implementation. The studies on the fracture fixation using patient-specific clavicle plates indicated that the method can facilitate the work for the surgeon both in the planning and in the operating room, with the potential of a smoother plate with a better fit and screw positioning tailored to the specific fracture (paper VI). However, a large clinical trial is required to investigate the clinical benefit of using patient-specific plates. The FE simulations showed similar stress distributions and displacements in the patient-specific plates and the commercial plates (papers III to VI).   To summarize: the results of this thesis contribute to the area of digital design and AM in patient-specific implants with broad basis of knowledge regarding the technologies used and areas in which further work is needed for the implementation of the technology on a larger scale. Further, a method has been developed and initially evaluated for implementation in the area of clavicle fracture fixation, including an approach for comparing the strength of different clavicle plates.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:34:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-04-24Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:04:57Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 duque_lhm_dr_guara.pdf: 1861000 bytes, checksum: 826224c8ed71ff732f9aa6af40eab143 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Um modelo fundamentado nos sistemas multicorpos, com sete corpos rígidos e oito corpos flexíveis, com três graus de liberdade para cada um dos corpos rígidos está sendo proposto. Os corpos rígidos são providos de inércia e os corpos flexíveis trabalham como juntas e não são providos de inércia. A solução numérica do modelo foi obtida com o método Runge-Kutta. Os parâmetros de influência, curvatura inicial da espinha lombar, posições dos centros geométricos das vértebras, tórax e da sacrum-pélvis, e o ponto de aplicação da força póstero-anterior (PA), foram obtidos de radiografia digital de cada paciente. O modelo foi simulado com dados de literaturas (obtidos de experimentos in vivo e em peças anatômicas). Os resultados foram satisfatórios do ponto de vista dos terapeutas e apresentam-se em conformidade com outros modelos propostos. O modelo oferece vantagem na aplicação individualizada a cada paciente pelos terapeutas, e foi construído com a metodologia de análise das forças aplicadas e suas reações diferentemente de outros modelos que apoiam-se nos métodos de análise das energias. O objetivo principal deste trabalho será o de avaliar o comportamento dinâmico do segmento lombar da coluna vertebral humana incluindo as massas do tórax e da pelve, por um modelo não-linear da rigidez viscoelástica estabelecido a partir da relação força-deslocamento obtida por experimentação in vivo. / Evaluate a dynamic behavior of the human lumbar spine, with non-linear viscoelastic stiffness model followed by experimental data. Many of the techniques for the clinical treatment of dysfunction acting on lumber segments of the human spine have been based in the application of a postero anterior forces. Existing models to predict the state of lumber segments are restricted to evaluate general characteristic, furthermore, they use unrealistic boundary condition for its analysis. Periodic oscillatory posteroanterior forces were applied on each vertebra with initial lordotic curvature of the lumbar spine. A model is based on the multibody system of seven rigid bodies and eight deformable bodies representing human spine composed of thoratic, lumber and sacrum-pelvis segments. On each lumber were considered three degree of freedom(posterior - anterior, axial and flexion - extension). The rigid bodies are provided with inerti and the deformable bodies, wich would as joints with no inertia provided. Numerical solution of proposed model was solved with Ringe-Kutta methods. Parameter of influence, initial lordotic curvature, positions of the geometric centers of the vertebras, thorax and of the sacrum-pelvis, and point of application of the posteroanterior force (PA) were evaluated from x-ray image of patients. Nonlinear stiffness character introducedin the model affects the motion stability when periodic posteroanterior forces are applied to one vertebra.

CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / FAPEMIG - Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais / INCT-EIE - Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia De Estruturas Inteligentes em Engenharia / Os sistemas de suspensão automotivos são projetados para permitir que o condutor tenha controle total do veículo. Esses sistemas devem garantir com eficiência o isolamento de vibração para o interior do automóvel, a aderência entre os pneus e o solo e a estabilidade do veículo durante a execução de manobras que envolvam mudança de direção. Neste trabalho foi conduzida uma investigação experimental sobre o comportamento dinâmico de um veículo de passeio da categoria hatch compacto premium. Manobras específicas de handling e ride foram consideradas nos testes físicos, a fim de avaliar a resposta do sistema de direção e o conforto dos passageiros. Handling se refere ao modo como o veículo se comporta durante a execução de manobras de mudança de direção e ride se relaciona à forma como a suspensão do veículo responde as irregularidades de pista durante o ato de dirigir. O trabalho de pesquisa contempla a definição de uma metodologia aplicada ao desenvolvimento de um modelo completo de veículo, através do método de multicorpos. Na modelagem matemática, a maioria dos componentes de suspensão foram considerados como rígidos, visto que as deformações elásticas são suficientemente pequenas, podendo assim serem consideradas desprezíveis. No entanto, é considerada a presença de alguns elementos flexíveis, em particular a barra estabilizadora e o eixo de torção, que se revelam essenciais na tentativa de construção de um modelo capaz de reproduzir adequadamente os efeitos não lineares. Nesse sentido, a barra estabilizadora foi representada como um corpo flexível, com o objetivo de incluir a sua não linearidade geométrica no modelo. Já a modelagem do eixo de torção foi baseada em uma técnica de cossimulação que utiliza um solver de multicorpos e um solver externo de elementos finitos para análise não linear. Simulações do comportamento dinâmico foram realizadas a fim de verificar a abrangência do modelo e correlação com os dados experimentais. O estudo de ride é apresentado enfatizando a métrica necessária para quantificar o conforto do veículo, de acordo com a norma ISO 2631-1. Os dados coletados experimentalmente foram processados no domínio da frequência e do tempo utilizando o software LMS Test.Lab. O processo de construção e simulação do modelo virtual foi realizado utilizando o software LMS Virtual.Lab Motion para a simulação de multicorpos e o LMS Samcef MECANO para a simulação de elementos finitos. / Automotive suspension systems are designed to allow the driver full control of the vehicle. These systems must efficiently ensure the vibration insulation of the car cabin, the tire grip on the road and the vehicle’s stability during turning maneuvers. In this study, an experimental investigation of the dynamic behavior of a subcompact premium car was conducted. Typical ride and handling maneuvers were considered in the physical tests in order to evaluate the steering response and passengers comfort. Vehicle handling refers to the way that the vehicle performs during turning maneuvers, and ride to how the vehicle suspension responds to the track irregularities during the act of driving. This work describes the methodology used for the development of a full vehicle model through the multibody method. In mathematical modeling, the majority of vehicle suspension components were included in the model as rigid bodies, due to the fact the elastic deformations are sufficiently small and hence negligible. However, there is the presence of some flexible elements, in particular the stabilizer bar and the twist beam, which are essential in the attempt to build a model capable of properly reproducing the nonlinear effects. Accordingly, the stabilizer bar was represented as a flexible body, in order to include geometric non-linearity into the model. The modeling of the twist beam was based on a co-simulation technique that uses a multibody solver and an external nonlinear solver for finite element method analysis. Dynamic behavior simulations were performed to verify the scope of the model and correlated with the experimental data. The ride comfort study was carried out emphasizing the required metric to quantify the vehicle comfort according to ISO 2631-1. The data collected were processed and analyzed in frequency and time domain using the LMS Test.Lab software. The building and simulation of the virtual model was performed using the LMS Virtual.Lab Motion software for the multibody simulation and LMS Samcef MECANO software for the finite element simulation. / Dissertação (Mestrado)

Este trabalho apresenta o estudo da dinâmica vertical de um veículo off-road de competição e do comportamento elastocinemático de suas suspensões primárias de duplo estágio com o auxílio da ferramenta computacional de simulação de sistemas multicorpos MSC-ADAMS. O modelo multicorpos do veículo inclui os modelos da suspensão dianteira, suspensão traseira, sistema de direção, pneus e massa suspensa. As análises elastocinemáticas das suspensões definiram geometrias que permitem longos cursos de trabalho das suspensões sem variações indesejadas de parâmetros de projeto. Com a análise modal do modelo de veículo completo foram definidos os valores de rigidez das molas das suspensões de duplo estágio que resultaram em valores de freqüência natural no primeiro estágio semelhantes aos indicados para carros de passeio e no segundo estágio, próximos dos encontrados em veículos de competição. A análise de conforto do veículo durante simulação de passagem por trecho de pista demonstrou que os elementos de força definidos na análise modal resultam em níveis de conforto raramente encontrados em veículos de competição. / This dissertation presents the study of a off-road competition vehicle ride and the double rate suspensions elastokinematic behavior using the multibody software MSC-ADAMS. The vehicle multibody model includes the rear and front suspensions, the steering system, the tires and the sprung mass. The suspensions elastokinematic analysis defined geometric configurations that allowed long jounce and rebound travel of wheel, without undesirable project parameters variations. In the modal analysis of the vehicle multibody model, the springs rates that results in natural frequencies values similar to passenger cars for the first suspension stage and, for the second stage, similar to competition vehicles, were defined. The ride analysis during the simulation of the vehicle running on a rough track showed that the force elements defined on the modal analysis resulted in a good ride quality, rarely found in competition vehicles.

Os modelos simplificados de veículos são importantes em fases iniciais do projeto de um veículo, quando muitas características geométricas ainda não estão definidas. No caso de ônibus com sistema de suspensão a ar, os modelos encontrados na literatura não levam em conta efeitos da válvula niveladora de altura. Dois modelos de um ônibus foram desenvolvidos: um modelo não linear de veículo com três graus de liberdade e um modelo em sistema multicorpos com 109 graus de liberdade. Os dois modelos possuem sistema de suspensão a ar com a modelagem termodinâmica do bolsão com a válvula niveladora de altura. As equações do modelo não linear de três graus de liberdade foram construídas utilizando o conceito de derivativos de estabilidade. Para a validação dos modelos, foram realizados ensaios experimentais com o veículo e as seguintes grandezas foram medidas: aceleração lateral, velocidade em guinada, velocidade lateral, ângulo de escorregamento do veículo e ângulo de rolamento. Os resultados obtidos com os modelos foram validados experimentalmente. O comportamento do ângulo de rolamento do veículo devido ao sistema de suspensão a ar foi reproduzido nos dois modelos. Foi desenvolvida uma interface gráfica dentro do ambiente ADAMS para a geração automática de modelos simplificados. Os dados do veículo são inseridos através de uma interface gráfica com caixas de diálogo. Modelos simplificados de veículos são utilizados no controle da dinâmica do veículo. Neste tipo de aplicação, as equações do modelo não linear de três graus de liberdade são resolvidas em tempo real e podem servir como um modelo de referência para sistemas adaptativos de controle. / Simplified vehicle models are very important at the initial stages of vehicle development when all geometric data are not yet available. In the case of a bus with an air suspension system, the models you find in the literature does not taken into account the control leveling valve effects. Two bus models were developed: a nonlinear three degrees of freedom model and a multibody model with 109 degrees of freedom. Both models have thermodynamic air suspension system model with control leveling valve. The three degrees of freedom equations were built using the stability derivative concept. In order to validate the models, experimental tests were carried out and the following variables were measured: lateral acceleration, yaw velocity, sideslip angle and roll angle. The model results were validated against actual data. The roll angle behavior due to air suspension system was reproduced in both models. A graphic user interface for developing simplified vehicle model, based on the nonlinear three degrees of freedom model equations, was built using the ADAMS interface. All the data necessary for the model are introduced via dialog boxes. Simplified vehicle models can be used in vehicle dynamics control. In this kind of application, the three degrees of freedom equations can be solved in real time simulation and can be used as a reference model in adaptive control system, for instance.

O comportamento da dinâmica lateral de veículos automotivos com esterçamento nas quatro rodas é estudado com o auxílio de uma ferramenta computacional de modelagem e simulação de sistemas multicorpos. São utilizadas duas estratégias de controle do esterçamento das rodas traseiras para a avaliação de suas principais características. Uma das estratégias esterça as rodas traseiras em função do ângulo de esterçamento do volante, e a outra esterça as rodas traseiras em função do ângulo de esterçamento do volante e da velocidade longitudinal do veículo. O teste utilizado para as análises é a entrada degrau de esterçamento, onde é avaliada a resposta transitória e de regime da aceleração lateral, da velocidade de guinada e do ângulo de rolagem dos veículos. Os resultados das simulações mostram que os veículos com esterçamento nas quatro rodas têm o tempo de resposta da velocidade de guinada maior, e da aceleração lateral e do ângulo de rolagem menores que o veículo convencional. Também apresentam uma diminuição no ganho da aceleração lateral, da velocidade de guinada e do ângulo de rolagem. Além disso apresentam uma característica subesterçante mais acentuada. Essas características são mais evidentes no veículo com estratégia de controle função do esterçamento do volante. Os resultados obtidos correspondem ao comportamento dos veículos com esterçamento nas quatro rodas apresentado na literatura. / The lateral dynamic behavior of the automotive vehicles is studied with the aid of a computational tool for multibody systems modeling and simulation. Two rear wheel steering control strategies are used for evaluation of the main four wheel steering characteristics. One strategy steer the rear wheels as a function of the steering wheel angle, and the other one, steer the rear wheels as a function of the steering wheel angle and the speed. The steer step input is the test used, where the lateral acceleration, the yaw rate and the roll angle transient and stead state response are evaluated. The simulation results show that the four wheel steering vehicles have a slower yaw rate time response, and a fast lateral acceleration and roll angle time response than the conventional vehicle. Also four wheel vehicles show a reduction in lateral acceleration, yaw rate a.nd roll angle gain. Moreover they are more understeer than the conventional vehicle. These characteristics are particularly more evident on the vehicle with steer dependent system. The obtained results correspond with four wheel steering vehicles behavior founded in literature.

O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar a influência da rigidez do quadro na dirigibilidade de um veículo de competição fórmula SAE (protótipo E2-M, da equipe EESC-USP) em ambiente multicorpos com o software Adams/Car. Um modelo contendo os subsistemas de suspensão, direção, pneumático, powertrain, barra estabilizadora e quadro foi construído em ambiente multicorpos com componentes modelados como corpos rígidos. Posteriormente foram elaborados três modelos de quadros flexíveis com diferentes valores de rigidez torcional para substituir o quadro rígido. Estes foram obtidos através da análise modal com o auxílio do método dos elementos finitos. Para comparação da dinâmica lateral dos modelos, típicas manobras do estudo de dirigibilidade foram consideradas tais como rampsteer, step-steer e single lane change. Os resultados obtidos foram de aceleração lateral e velocidade de guinada. Pelas condições avaliadas, pode-se concluir que a rigidez torcional de um quadro para o protótipo E2-M pode estar entre 700 e 1500 N.m/o. Essa variação de rigidez representou 5 kg de massa no quadro. Porém deve-se fazer uma avaliação modal com a massa suspensa calibrada para verificar se não existe acoplamento de modos e freqüências com outros subsistemas. / This dissertation is intended to study the influence of frame stiffness in handling of a Formula SAE vehicle (E2-M prototype from EESC-USP Formula SAE team) in multibody with Adams/Car software. A model containing the subsystems of suspension, steering, tires, powertrain, frame and stabilizing bar was built considering rigid bodies. Subsequently, three models of flexible frames were developed with different values of torsional stiffness to replace the rigid frame. They were obtained through modal analysis with the aid of finite element method. For the handling investigation, maneuvers such as ramp-steer, step-steer and single lane change were considered. The results evaluated were lateral acceleration and yaw velocity. According to results, the torsional stiffness for the E2-M prototype can be between 700 and 1500 Nm/o. But an eigenvalue analyses is also necessary to verify if there is no coupling of modes of the calibrated sprung mass with other subsystems.