Submitted by Dilene Paulo (dilene.fatima@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-02-07T12:18:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DIEGO DAVID SILVA DINIZ – DISSERTAÇÃO PPGEM 2014.pdf: 4871335 bytes, checksum: cfbb94b91722df0a50916a777f1ec43e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-07T12:18:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DIEGO DAVID SILVA DINIZ – DISSERTAÇÃO PPGEM 2014.pdf: 4871335 bytes, checksum: cfbb94b91722df0a50916a777f1ec43e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-03 / CNPq / Atualmente, o desenvolvimento da indústria automotiva e uma maior exigência do mercado estimularam a intensificação dos estudos na dinâmica veicular, levando os fabricantes a focarem seus esforços em produzir e otimizar tecnologias capazes de obter veículos mais rápidos, seguros e confortáveis. Com a evolução da computação, tornou-se viável a realização de simulação numérica para modelos complexos de veículos que fosse capaz de otimizar e compreender o real comportamento dinâmico do veículo, submetidos às situações adversas. Dentro desse contexto, este trabalho visa apresentar um estudo de modelagem computacional (modelo quarter car, half car e multicorpos) aplicados para avaliação do comportamento dinâmico vertical de um veículo do tipo off-road (Baja) com suspensão dianteira e traseira do tipo duplo A. Para este fim, foram feitos levantamentos experimentais dos parâmetros de suspensão associados a estudos da dinâmica vertical de um veículo off-road, do tipo baja, com auxílio da máquina de ensaio dinâmica (MTS 321.21), além de estudos dinâmicos numa mesa inercial por meio de um analisador de vibrações. Mediante os parâmetros, foram construídos e simulados os modelos matemáticos, quarter car e half car no software MATLAB e o carro completo no ambiente multicorpos. Como resultados, foram avaliadas a influência da pressão interna dos pneus, a variação das rigidezes das molas e o efeito do amortecimento em situações comuns, que o veículo fora de estrada pode ser submetido, permitindo avaliar o seu comportamento dinâmico vertical. Assim, os perfis de pistas idealizadas nestes trabalhos foram: lombada, valas e swept sine. Nos experimentos, destaca-se a variação da rigidez radial dos pneus, quando ocorrem mudanças na sua pressão interna, o efeito da variação dos valores das massas não suspensa do sistema, modificando o comportamento dinâmico do veículo no momento de excitação pelas adversidades do solo, e a variação da força de contato pneu/solo com a mudança da pressão interna dos pneus. Ambos esses efeitos causam mudança no comportamento dinâmico vertical e, em alguns casos, até na dinâmica lateral, influenciando no desempenho do veículo, o que torna imprescindível realizar estes tipos de estudos para um melhor entendimento dos fenômenos existentes, durante situações que um veículo off road são submetidos. / Currently, the development of the automotive industry and greater market demand stimulated the intensification of studies on vehicular dynamics, leading manufacturers to centralize their efforts to produce and optimize technologies capable of faster, safer and comfortable vehicles. Through the evolution of computation, it became viable the realization of numerical simulation of complex models of vehicles that would be able to optimize and understand the real dynamic behavior of the vehicle subjected to adverse situations. Within this context, this paper presents a study of computational modeling (quarter car, half car and multibody models) used for assessment of the vertical dynamic behavior of a vehicle type off-road (Baja) with front and rear suspension Double A. To make it possible, surveys of experimental parameters associated with studies of suspension of a vehicle off-road, the baja type, with the aid of dynamic testing (MTS 321.21) vertical machine dynamics were made in addition to dynamic studies in one inertial table through a vibrations analyzer. Through parameters, mathematical models (quarter car and half car) were built and simulated in MATLAB software. The complete car were built and simulated in multibody environment. With the results, there were evaluated the influence of the internal tire pressure, the variation of springs stiffness and the dampening effect throughout ordinary situations to this kind of vehicle and then allowing evaluates its vertical dynamic behavior. Therefore, the profiles of these works were idealized clues: speed bump, ditches and swept sine. In the experiments stands out a variation of the radial stiffness of the tire, when changes occur in their internal pressure, the effect of varying the values of the unsprung mass of the system, modifying the dynamic behavior of the vehicle at the time of excitation by the adversities of the soil, and the variation of contact force tire / ground with the change of the internal pressure of the tires. These effects cause changes in the vertical dynamic behavior, and in some cases even in the lateral dynamics may influence the performance of the vehicle, which makes it essential to make these types of studies to better understand the phenomena existing in situations that are off-road vehicle submitted.

O preço atual do minério de ferro obrigou as empresas a reduzirem os custos operacionais na fase mina. O carregamento e transporte de materiais com utilização de escavadeiras e caminhões grande porte representam grande parcela do custo total, particularmente com pneus, diesel, manutenção e mão de obra. Metas de movimentação anual são divididas durante os meses e as condições climáticas podem influenciar na produtividade e desempenho dos equipamentos. O banco de dados da movimentação mensal está condicionado com a capacidade de cada caminhão. Cada frota possui o payload característico e este representa a capacidade de transporte, sendo o valor da massa transportada o único parâmetro extraído em cada ciclo, sem considerar o posicionamento do material sobre a caçamba dos equipamentos. Forças de cisalhamento e torção são aplicadas constantemente no chassi e pneus dos caminhões e, quando as cargas estão descentralizadas, potencializam estes eventos. O transporte de cargas descentralizadas agride os pneus diminuindo a vida útil causando danos como deslocamento da banda de rodagem e separação do flanco. Este trabalho teve como objetivo diminuir as ocorrências de cargas descentralizadas e os custos operacionais. Para incrementar o posicionamento do material sobre as caçambas, a telemetria foi a ferramenta utilizada. Análises de pressões de suspensões indicam o posicionamento das cargas e através desses valores foi criado um banco de dados. Este banco de dados pode indicar qual operador de carga precisa de reciclagem, contribuindo para a redução de cargas descentralizadas e custos, uma vez que cargas deste perfil sucateiam precocemente pneus e suspensões. O estudo foi realizado em Itabira, em uma mina de minério de ferro a céu aberto. A metodologia comprovou ser capaz diminuir as ocorrências de cargas descentralizadas assim como aumentar a vida útil de pneus. Uma possível economia foi apresentada para ano de 2014, período em que a média das horas trabalhadas de pneus ficou abaixo da meta aumentando os custos fase mina. / The actual iron ore price forces the companies to reduce costs in all production steps of the mining operation. Loading and hauling materials using shovel-truck system represents the highest mining costs, particularly tires, diesel, maintenance and workforce. Annual goals of materials movement are split by months were weather conditions can affect productivity and performance of the fleet. The data file of the monthly material movement is based on the scale of each truck. Every fleet has a payload and it represents the capacity of hauling, being the value of loading a unique input extracted in each duty cycle, without taking into account the position of the material over the truck’s dump. Shear forces and torsion are applied all time at the frames trucks and, when the truckloads are unbalanced, increases the forces over the frame and tires. Transport unbalanced truckloads into long distances attack the tires and decrease its end of life, causing damages like displacement of tread and flank separation. The objective of this study is to propose a methodology to decrease unbalanced truck loads reducing the mining costs. In this mission of incorporating a material position on the truck´s dump, the telemetry was taking into consideration. The analysis of the suspension pressures data values shows the truckloads positions and with this data was created a databank. This databank indicates that the operators need truck load training to reduce unbalanced loads and truck costs in the mining operation, since unbalanced loads leads to early tires and suspensions scrap. The case study was carried out at Itabira Iron Ore Mine Complex, Brazil. This methodology was able to reduce the number of unbalanced truck loads as well as the tires life was increased. An economic saving estimate is presented based on 2014 scrapped tires data bank, in this year the tires life cycle was underneath, burdening operational costs.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2005. / "August 2005." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-54). Online version available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Rhode Island, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-135).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Montana, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-70). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Montana, 2005. / Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/17/2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-70). Also available in print.

This thesis investigates the use of an active anti-roll bar as a means of improving the handling of an off-road vehicle. The active anti-roll bar consists of a stiff anti-roll bar and a hydraulic actuator at the one end between the anti-roll bar and the rear axle of the vehicle. The system is designed so that the anti-roll bar can be preloaded in both directions by the actuator. The displacement of the hydraulic actuator is close loop controlled to be a function of the lateral acceleration of the vehicle, which is measured by an accelerometer. For this study, full vehicle simulations were done in ADAMS/View to predict the response of the proposed solutions. A Land Rover Defender 110 was used as the test vehicle to verify the results of the simulations. Constant radius tests and the severe double-lane-change manoeuvre, which are standard handling tests, were used to determine the vehicle’s handling performance. Handling performance was quantified by measuring the body roll angle during the manoeuvre and noting the maximum roll angle. The effect of the active anti-roll bar on ride comfort was measured by driving over Belgian paving at a constant speed. The results show that the proposed system reduces the body roll angle to zero up to a lateral acceleration of 0.4 g during steady state handling and provided a 74% improvement in maximum body roll angle during a double-lane-change-manoeuvre at 70 km/h. The system has no detrimental effect on the ride comfort of the vehicle. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

Vehicle dynamic simulations form a significant part of the design and development process of vehicles. These simulations are used to study and improve the vehicle’s durability, ride comfort and handling capabilities. All forces acting on the vehicle are either generated in the tyre-road interface or are due to aerodynamic effects, where at low speeds the latter one can be ignored. The accuracy of the tyre model describing the forces on the tyre-road interface is thus of exceptional importance. It ensures that the simulation model is an accurate representation of the actual vehicle. Various approaches are adopted when developing mathematical tyre models. Many of these models are developed to study the handling capabilities of passenger cars over a smooth road. Passenger car tyres are the focal point as larger tyres introduce some difficulties due to their size and load rating. Off-road truck tyres also differ in their construction which will influence force and moment generation of the tyre. Research efforts are increasing to meet the need of tyre models that can describe the behaviour of the tyre over uneven terrain with sufficient accuracy. This thesis addresses the question of whether existing mathematical tyre models can accurately describe the forces and moments generated by a large off-road tyre while driving over rough terrain. The complexity of different mathematical tyre models varies greatly, as does the parameterisation efforts required to obtain the model parameters. The parameterization of most tyre models relies on some experimental test data that is used to extract the necessary information to fit model parameters. The selection of a suitable tyre model for a simulation is often dependent on the availability of such experimental data and the effort to identify the required parameters. In this study the parameterisation process for four different tyre models, are discussed in detail to highlight the difficulties in acquiring the test data and the effort to parameterize the model. The models considered are the One Point Contact, 3D Equivalent Volume contact, 3D Enveloping Contact and FTire model. Experimental measurements are conducted on a 16.00R20 Michelin XZL tyre. Laboratory tests, as well as field tests, over discrete obstacles and uneven hard surfaces are used for parameterisation and validation purposes. Simulation results are compared to experimental test data to determine whether the models could be used to describe the tyre road interactions with sufficient accuracy. Recommendations are made for tyre model selection and model accuracy for simulations over rough off-road surfaces. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / gm2014 / Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering / unrestricted

With the development of digital technology during the last decade and the improvement of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), it has become easier for various scientific fields to predict and extrapolate data. Various organisations and institutions continuously develop algorithms and software to assist with specific challenges in multiple fields of science. These technologies and principles have also been effectively applied in the soil science field of pedology. Traditional soil mapping, although effective, is time consuming, arduous and expensive. It is thus important to develop methods whereby the soil forms of an area can be identified faster while providing accurate information to the reader/ user. Conservation areas, such as Phinda Private Game Reserve (Phinda), which covers a large area (greater than 28 000 ha) can benefit from a soil map. The importance of a proper soil map has a great many uses in conservation, but not every organisation or individual can afford it. This is where digital soil mapping (DSM) or Predictive Soil Mapping (PSM) comes into its own. Substantial research and development have been done in the form of methodology and software systems for DSM although it has not been effectively applied to conservation management. By applying these techniques, accurate and interactive soil maps were developed without the burdensome expenses or dangers associated with traditional soil observations in a conservation area. The application of DSM and the use of the soil land inference model (SoLIM) at Phinda resulted in maps based on the Fey soil-form classification as well as a soil sensitivity index (SSI). The SSI was developed based on the various soil forms present at Phinda and the factors that determine its sensitivity to various types of degradation. These digital maps indicated accuracies of 71% (Fey classification) and 72% for the SSI. The kappa values indicated a substantial agreement (0.63) for the Fey classification map and a moderate agreement (0.57) for the SSI map. The SSI was then combined with the predator sightings and the location of infrastructure and commercial lodges to derive the agreement of activities, game drives, which includes off-road driving (ORD) on sensitive soils. As erosion is a concerning problem, predominantly caused by human activities within Phinda, it was necessary to use the SSI map as a base of comparison. This digitally produced soil map will be presented to the conservation management at Phinda whereby planning can be conducted, literally, from the ground up. Proper planning will thus prevent a loss of soil and consequently a loss of biodiversity. All the information was then combined to developed recommendations for Phinda as to improve the overall road network by upgrading, removing and rehabilitating certain roads and provide advice concerning ORD. These decisions, in turn, prevent long-term soil and biodiversity loss while still providing clients with a true African bush experience. / College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

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