Orientador: Bento Rodrigues de Pontes Junior / Banca: Nelson Peruzzi / banca: João Eduardo Guarnetti dos Santos / Resumo: Esse trabalho buscou investigar os comportamentos dinâmicos de uma suspensão eletromecânica. Para a configuração dessa suspensão substitui-se o amortecedor viscoso convencional por um amortecedor do tipo eletromecânico. O amortecedor eletromecânico é formado por um transdutor de imã permanente e bobina móvel, no qual se acopla ao sistema mecânico com o eletromagnético. Nos terminais da bobina é introduzido um circuito elétrico RLC ligados em série. Para modelagem e a obtenção das equações dinâmica que descrevem seu movimento utilizou-se o método de Lagrange, que utiliza expressões de energia. Os modelos abordam absorvedores utilizados na indústria automobilística. No trabalho, primeiramente foi investigado a capacidade dos parâmetros elétricos no comportamento do sistema, e verificou-se a influência que a resistência elétrica e a capacitância tem em relação ao deslocamento da massa suspensa de um veículo. Foi realizada, através da função transferência, uma análise da quantidade de energia obtida no sistema elétrico para valores diferentes de resistência elétrica e em comparação foi verificado o ganho da massa suspensa para um movimento harmônico sofrido pela base. Por fim, investigou-se as potências geradas no circuito elétrico e o fator de potência para diferentes valores de capacitância. E também apurou a influência da resistência elétrica na produção de potência ativa. Os resultados mostraram a influência dos parâmetros elétricos no comportamento dinâmico do sistema e na g... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This work sought to investigate the dynamic behavior of an electromechanical suspension. For the configuration of this suspension it replaces the conventional viscous damper with a shock absorber of the electromechanical type. The electromechanical damper is formed by a permanent magnet transducer and mobile coil, in which it couples the mechanical system with the electromagnetic. At the terminals of the coil is introduced an RLC electric circuit connected in series. For the modeling and the obtaining of the dynamic equations that describe its movement was uses the Lagrange method, that uses expressions of conservation of energy. The models approach in a simplified way the absorbers used in the automotive industry. In the work, it was first investigated the influence of the electrical parameters on the behavior of the system, it was verifies the power of the electrical resistance and the capacitance have in relation to the displacement of the suspended mass of a vehicle. It was performed, through the transfer function, an analysis of the amount of energy obtained in the electrical system is performed for different values of electrical resistance and in comparison it was verifies the gain of the suspended mass for a harmonic movement suffered by the base. Finally, we investigated the powers generated in the electric circuit and the power factor for different capacitance values. It also determined the influence of electrical resistance on the production of active power. The res... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

University of Macau / Faculty of Science and Technology / Department of Electromechanical Engineering

In this study the feasibility of two mathematical models of the dynamics of a hydraulic bypass valve used on semi-active suspension systems for heavy vehicles is investigated. It is envisaged that similar models will eventually be incorporated into a full vehicle, three dimensional simulation study. The valve system contains an electro-hydraulic pilot valve circuit, a logic element, a damper and four check valves in a rectifier configuration. Models were compiled from first principles in the MATLAB environment and with the commercial fluid power simulation software, AMESim. The numerical methods used in the MATLAB model were found to be incapable of solving the stiff, nonlinear and discontinuous governing equations efficiently, while AMESim is very capable of handling detailed and complex fluid power models. Experimental work was conducted to determine certain steady state model parameters and to obtain dynamic performance data with which to validate model integrity. Several external factors influenced the valve behaviour during experiments making data extraction challenging. Simple first order assumptions accounting for the external influences on the valve therefore had to be included in the models. If this is done the basic dynamic behaviour of the valve system is matched well by the models. In general, the number of unknown parameters associated with fluid power systems accounted for the largest portion of the error between the simulated and measured response. The model as developed proved the possibility of creating highly accurate models but also indicated the amount of effort needed for their compilation. / Dissertation (MEng (Mechanical Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

MScEng / This project entails the design and development of a new 2-DOF articulated dump truck (ADT) suspension seat. A study of the ADT vibration environment was conducted using data measured with accelerometers inside the cabin. With the system’s required operational capabilities determined, the concept design phase resulted in a feasible concept. The first prototype was manufactured based on the initial set of specifications. A variety of numerical modelling techniques were used to analyse and evaluate the seat’s dynamic response. Vertical and lateral laboratory tests of the suspension seat with human occupants were completed. The vertical lumped parameter model of the suspension seat with a human occupant gave good correlation with the laboratory measured frequency response. A broad band input signal, and not the ISO 7096 (2000) EM1 signal, was used to obtain the frequency response used to verify the lumped parameter model. The SEAT values for the ISO 7096 (2000) EM1 signal and various ADT road conditions were calculated using the lumped parameter models for a small, medium and large subject, the same three subjects used in the laboratory tests. SEAT values using the ISO 7096 (2000) EM1 signal of 0.94, 0.93 and 0.88 were obtained for the small, medium and large subjects. The lowest SEAT values obtained using the road data were 0.63, 0.56 and 0.48 for the small, medium and large subjects. The transmissibility curves determined from the lateral laboratory tests were used to calculate the SEAT values for the lateral ADT cabin vibrations. The lowest SEAT values obtained were 0.83, 0.83 and 0.82 obtained for the small, medium and large subjects. After all the results from the testing and modelling were evaluated the design was assessed. All the data and information collected was used as input for the design of a second prototype, which was not manufactured. Not all the set specifications were achieved for the first prototype, but the new suspension seat gave comparable vertical vibration isolation performance to that of expensive commercially available ADT suspension seats. The lateral suspension demonstrated good lateral vibration isolation and is a feature not currently available in current ADT suspension seats.

Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. / In this document the reduced order simulation and optimisation of the passive suspension systems of a locally produced forty ton articulated dump truck is discussed. The linearization of the suspension parameters were validated using two and three dimensional MATLAB models. A 24 degree-of-freedom, three dimensional ADAMS/VIEW model with linear parameters was developed and compared to measured data as well as with simulation results from a more complex 50 degree-of-freedom non-linear ADAMS/CAR model. The ADAMS/VIEW model correlated in some aspects better with the experimental data than an existing higher order ADAMS/CAR model and was used in the suspension system optimisation study. The road profile over which the vehicle was to prove its comfort was generated, from a spatial PSD (Power Spectral Density), to be representative of a typical haul road. The weighted RMS (Root Mean Squared) and VDV (Vibration Dose Value) values are used in the objective function for the optimisation study. The optimisation was performed by four different algorithms and an improvement of 30% in ride comfort for the worst axis was achieved on the haul road. The improvement was realised by softening the struts and tires and hardening the cab mounts. The results were verified by simulating the optimised truck on different road surfaces and comparing the relative improvements with the original truck’s performance.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING / Includes bibliographical references. / by Forrest T. Buzan. / M.S.

Orientador: Pablo Siqueira Meirelles / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T00:42:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Micheletti_Marcelo_M.pdf: 11094573 bytes, checksum: 38edd4885075163d5aa4782833152522 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: No projeto de novos veículos automotores as empresas utilizam o conceito de plataformas mundiais visando reduzir os custos de desenvolvimento, possibilitando a criação de diferentes veículos a partir de uma mesma plataforma básica. Alguns modelos conforme características mercadológicas locais requerem a alteração da atitude de suspensão com a utilização de suspensões elevadas e pneus com diâmetro maior. Estas alterações afetam diretamente a dirigibilidade do veículo. O objetivo deste trabalho é desenvolver uma metodologia de estudo da dinâmica lateral de um veículo identificando as principais características que influenciam no comportamento da dirigibilidade do veiculo com suspensão elevada. Foram utilizadas ferramentas computacionais para simulação de sistemas multicorpos onde foram utilizados modelos não lineares de batentes, mancais de suspensão e amortecedores. Este trabalho demonstra o efeito da alteração de características como ângulo de Ackerman, a relação de direção, a altura do eixo de rolagem, rigidez da barra estabilizadora dianteira e taxa de variação da convergência no comportamento de dirigibilidade de um veículo no estado estacionário e no estado transitório / Abstract: In the design of new automobile companies use the concept of global platforms to reduce development costs, enabling the creation of different vehicles from the same basic platform. Some models as marketing local features require changing the attitude of suspension with the use of high suspensions and tires with larger diameter. These changes directly affect the behavior of the vehicle handling. The objective is to develop a methodology to study the lateral dynamics of a vehicle identifying the main characteristics that influence the behavior of driving the vehicle with high suspension. With the aid of computational tools for simulation of multi body systems which were used nonlinear models of bump stops, suspension bushes and shock absorbers. This work demonstrates the effect of changing characteristics such as Ackerman angle, the steering ratio, the height of the roll center axis, front suspension anti roll bar stiffness and ride steer influence in the behavior of a vehicle driving at steady state and transient state / Mestrado / Dinâmica / Mestre em Engenharia Automobilistica

Vehicle suspension optimisation is a complex and difficult task, as there are a variety of factors influencing the dynamic performance of a vehicle. During suspension development, the optimisation of a selected few of these factors is often to the detriment of others, as they are all inter-related. In addition, expertise in vehicle setup and suspension tuning is scarce, and is limited to experienced racing teams and large automotive manufacturers with extensive research and development capabilities. The motivation for this research was therefore to provide objective and user-friendly methodologies for vehicle suspension optimisation, in order to support student projects like Formula Student, while having relevance to the needs of the South African automotive industry and racing community. With the onset of digital data acquisition, it has become feasible to take real-time measurements of tyre temperatures, to provide information on how a tyre is performing at a specific point on the track. Measuring the tyre surface temperature can provide a useful indication on whether the tyre is loaded equally or not, and what suspension adjustments should be made to improve tyre load distribution.

Much research effort has been done on the design of active suspension systems based on a quarter-car model with both full-state feedback and incomplete state feedback controllers to optimize the passenger ride comfort, road handling and car controlling. Linear stochastic optimal control will be employed to design an active controller in vehicle active suspension model. The active suspension model will be simulated and compared with the car's passive suspension model. Backpropagation neural networks then will be used to identify the passive suspension model with full state or incomplete state measurements. The accurate identification of the suspension system employing neural networks is used to reduce the number of sensors needed over full-state measurements. / Master of Science

Thesis (MScEng (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / Suspension seats are commonly used for earth moving machinery to isolate vehicle operators from vibrations transmitted to the vehicle body. To provide the required stiffness and damping for these seats, air-springs are typically used in conjunction with dampers. However, to eliminate the need for additional dampers, air-springs can be used in conjunction with auxiliary air volumes to provide both spring stiffness and damping. The damping is introduced through the flow restriction connecting the two air volumes. In this study, simplified models of an air-spring were derived followed by a model including the addition of an auxiliary volume. Subsequent to simulations, tests were performed on an experimental apparatus to validate the models. The air-spring models were shown to predict the behaviour of the experimental apparatus. The air-spring and auxiliary volume model followed the trend predicted by literature but showed approximately 27 % lower transmissibility amplitude and 21 % lower system natural frequency than obtained by tests when using large flow restriction diameters. This inaccuracy was assumed to be introduced by the simplified mass transfer equations defining the flow restriction between air-spring and auxiliary volume. The models however showed correlation when the auxiliary volume size was decreased by two thirds of the volume actually used for the experiment. This design of a prototype air-spring and auxiliary volume is presented for a suspension seat used in articulated or rigid frame dump trucks. The goal of this study was to design a suspension seat for this application and to obtain a SEAT value below 1,1. The design was optimised by varying auxiliary volume size, flow diameter and load. A SEAT value of less than 0,9 was achieved.