This thesis revisits the concept of ground vehicles active suspensions system from a power harvesting perspective. I introduce the two dimensions of freedom quarter vehicle model for calculations of vehicle dynamics as well as a road profile model based on PSD classifications based on International Organization for Standardization’s technical document, ISO 8608 “Mechanical vibration -- Road surface profiles -- Reporting of measured data”. I report the power harvesting potential of the conventional viscous fluid dampers for an extensive range of road profile roughness indices and vehicle speeds. I explain the problem of additional power harvesting from the regenerative electric damper operating in the "dead-zone" and introduce Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) DC-DC converter as a solution. I analyze the efficiency of this system by circuit level simulations in PSpice. / Graduate / 0540 / 0544 / farhang@uvic.ca
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/5133 |
Date | 03 January 2014 |
Creators | Jalilian, Farhang |
Contributors | Baniasadi, Amirali |
Source Sets | University of Victoria |
Language | English, English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis |
Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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