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

The topic of this PhD thesis is active suspension in rail vehicles whichis usually realized through sensors, controllers and actuation components.A well established example of an active suspension is the tiltingcontrol system used to tilt the carbody in curves to reduce centrifugalacceleration felt by passengers. Active suspension for rail vehicles is beingstudied since 1970s and in this PhD thesis it has been tried to expandon some aspects of this topic.This study extends the research field by both experimental and theoreticalstudies. In the first phase of the study which led to a licentiatedegree the focus was more on experimental work with active verticalsuspension (AVS). This was implemented by introducing actuators inthe secondary suspension of a Bombardier test train, Regina 250, in thevertical direction. The aim has been to improve vertical ride comfort bycontrolling bounce, pitch and roll motions.In the second phase after the licentiate, the studies have been moretheoretical and can be divided into two parts. The first part of the workhas been more focused on equipping two-axle rail vehicles with differentactive suspension solutions for improving the vehicle performanceregarding comfort and wheel-rail interaction. Three papers are writtenon active suspension for two-axle rail vehicles. Two of the papers discussthe use of H¥ control for wheelset guidance in curves to reducewheel-rail damage. The third paper shows that by use of active verticaland lateral suspension (AVS and ALS) in two-axle rail vehicles goodcomfort can be achieved as well. The paper then studies how the threeactive suspension systems (ALS, AVS, and ASW) interact once implementedtogether on a two-axle rail vehicle.The second part is a study on safety of active suspension systems.The study discusses a possible procedure to ensure that a designed activesuspension for a rail vehicle will be safe in all possible failure situations. / <p>QC 20170602</p>

Due to the detrimental effects of ride vibrations on occupants and increasing safety concerns, improvement in vehicle dynamic characteristics has become a key focus of researchers. Typically, ride and handling problems have been dealt with independently. There is a dearth of vehicle models capable of capturing occupant biodynamics and its implication on vehicle ride and handling. Also in general, the objective of conventional control systems has been to attenuate vertical dynamic response of the sprung mass of a vehicle. Feedback control based algorithms are predominantly used in active/semi-active suspensions that ignore the biodynamics of occupants. In the current work, a new 50 degree-of-freedom (DOF) combined nonlinear multi-occupant vehicle model is developed using the lumped parameter modelling (LPM) approach. The current model provides a platform for performing a combined study of ride, handling and occupant biodynamics. The model is capable of simulating the combined effect of sitting occupancies, road inputs and driving maneuvers on biodynamic responses. It is analyzed using MATLAB/SIMULINK functionalities and validated by independently correlating the computed responses with existing experimental results. A study is performed on ride behavior of a vehicle-occupant system under two different transient road inputs. In addition, the effect of road roughness on vehicle ride is also studied. Random road profiles are generated from road roughness spectrum given in the ISO 8608:1995 manual. Insights are developed into the ride dynamics of a vehicle traversing over roads of classes A, B, C and D at given test velocities. The effect of sitting occupancies and vehicle velocities on lateral dynamics is also studied. Results underscore the need for considering sitting occupancies while analyzing vehicle dynamics and also highlight the potential of the current model. Furthermore, a Moore-Penrose Pseudoinverse based feed-forward controller is developed and implemented in an independently acting semi-active seat suspension system. Feasibility of feed-forward control in primary suspensions is also investigated. Finally, issues of stability, performance and limitation of the controller are discussed.