Annoyance Rate Evaluation Method on Ride Comfort of Vehicle Suspension System

The existing researches of the evaluation method of ride comfort of vehicle mainly focus on the level of human feelings to vibration. The level of human feelings to vibration is influenced by many factors, however, the ride comfort according to the common principle of probability and statistics and simple binary logic is tmable to reflect these uncertainties. The random fuzzy evaluation model from people subjective response to vibration is adopted in the paper, these uncertainties are analyzed from the angle of psychological physics. Discussing the traditional evaluation of ride comfort during vehicle vibration, a fuzzily random evaluation model on the basis of annoyance rate is proposed for the human body＇s subjective response to vibration, with relevant fuzzy membership function and probability distribution given. A half-car four degrees of freedom suspension vibration model is described, subject to irregular excitations from the road surface, with the aid of software Matlab/Simulink. A new kind of evaluation method for ride comfort of vehicles is proposed in the paper, i.e., the annoyance rate evaluation method. The genetic algorithm and neural network control theory are used to control the system. Simulation results are obtained, such as the comparison of comfort reaction to vibration environments between before and after control, relationship of annoyance rate to vibration frequency and weighted acceleration, based on ISO 2631 / 1 （1982）, ISO 2631-1 （1997） and annoyance rate evaluation method, respectively. Simulated assessment results indicate that the proposed active suspension systems prove to be effective in the vibration isolation of the suspension system, and the subjective response of human being can be promoted from very uncomfortable to a little uncomfortable. Furthermore, the novel evaluation method based on annoyance rate can further estimate quantitatively the number of passengers who feel discomfort due to vibration. A new analysis method of vehicle comfort is presented.

Vehicle Ride Comfort Based on Matching Suspension System

The existing investigations of vehicle ride comfort mainly include motion characteristics analysis based on creating a multi-body dynamic simulation model,and the parameters analysis to improve the suspension control for the target.In the study of creating multi-body dynamics simulation models,there is usually without considering calibration and test verification,which make it difficult to ensure the production of engineering.In the study of improving the suspension control parameters for the target,there is a lack of systematic match about comfortable and human characteristics,so it is difficult to implement in the field of driving and leading the vehicle design.In this paper,based on the different characteristic of suspension system that effects on the vehicle ride comfort, according to the suspension system dynamic mechanism,the research methods of vehicle road test,bench test and CAE simulation is used,at the same time,several sensitivity analysis of vehicle ride comfort related to suspension stiffness and damping and speed is made. As a result,the key suspension systematic parameters are given that have important impact on vehicle ride comfort.Through matching parameters,a calibration analysis of suspension system based on human comfort is obtained.The analysis results show that the analysis methods for the design target of making the vehicle with best comfort are effective.On the basis of the theory study,five suspension parameter matching principles are explored to promise the vehicle with perfect ride comfort,which also provide theoretical basis and design methods for the passenger car best match of suspension system stiffness and damping.The research results have the promotional value of practicability and a wide range of engineering application.

Ride comfort evaluation for road vehicle based on rigid-flexible coupling multibody dynamics

In the present research two different whole vehicle multibody models are established respectively, including rigid and rigid-flexible coupling multibody vehicle models. The former is all composed by rigid bodies while in the later model, the flexible rear suspension is built based on the finite element method （FEM） and mode superposition method, in which the deformations of the components are considered. The ride simulations with different speeds are carried out on a 3D digitalized road, and the weighted root mean square （RMS） of accelerations on the seat surface,backrest and at the feet are calculated. The comparison between the responses of the rigid and rigid-flexible coupling multibody models shows that the flexibility of the vehicle parts significantly affects the accelerations at each position, and it is necessary to take the flexibility effects into account for the assessment of ride comfort. C 2013 The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. [doi： 10.1063/2.1301304]

Frequency Weighting Filter Design for Automotive Ride Comfort Evaluation

Few study gives guidance to design weighting filters according to the frequency weighting factors,and the additional evaluation method of automotive ride comfort is not made good use of in some countries.Based on the regularities of the weighting factors,a method is proposed and the vertical and horizontal weighting filters are developed.The whole frequency range is divided several times into two parts with respective regularity.For each division,a parallel filter constituted by a low-and a high-pass filter with the same cutoff frequency and the quality factor is utilized to achieve section factors.The cascading of these parallel filters obtains entire factors.These filters own a high order.But,low order filters are preferred in some applications.The bilinear transformation method and the least P-norm optimal infinite impulse response（IIR） filter design method are employed to develop low order filters to approximate the weightings in the standard.In addition,with the window method,the linear phase finite impulse response（FIR） filter is designed to keep the signal from distorting and to obtain the staircase weighting.For the same case,the traditional method produces 0.330 7 m · s^–2 weighted root mean square（r.m.s.） acceleration and the filtering method gives 0.311 9 m · s^–2 r.m.s.The fourth order filter for approximation of vertical weighting obtains 0.313 9 m · s^–2 r.m.s.Crest factors of the acceleration signal weighted by the weighting filter and the fourth order filter are 3.002 7 and 3.011 1,respectively.This paper proposes several methods to design frequency weighting filters for automotive ride comfort evaluation,and these developed weighting filters are effective.

Experimental Study on the Ride Comfort of a Crawler Power Chassis Scale Model Based on the Similitude Theory

The ride comfort experimental assessment of crawler off-road vehicle is relatively overlooked, and is expensive and difficult to execute with higher and higher ride comfort performance requirements. To trade off between precise and cost, an experimental method based on the similitude theory is proposed. Under the guidance of the similitude theory, a 1：5 crawler power chassis scale model equipped with a kind of variable stiffness suspension system is used. The power spectrum density（PSD）, the root mean square（RMS） of weighed acceleration, peak factor, average absorbed power（AAP） and vibration dose value（VDV） are selected as ride comfort evaluation indexes, and tests results are transformed via similarity indexes to predict the performance of full-scale power chassis. PSD shows that the low-order natural frequency of the vertical natural frequency（z axis） is 1.1 Hz, and the RMS, AAP and VDV values indicate the ride comfort performance of this kind of power chassis is between the ＂A little uncomfortable＂ and ＂Rather uncomfortable＂. From the results, low-order vertical natural frequency, obtained by PSD, validates that the similarity relationship between two models is satisfied, and 1：5 scale model used in experiment meets the similarity relationship with the full-scale model; consequently, the ride comfort prophase evaluation with the 1：5 scale model is feasible. The attempt of applying the similitude theory to crawler vehicle ride comfort test study decreases the cost and improves the test feasibility with sufficient test precise.

Prediction Research on Ride Comfort of Special Full Trailer used by Precision Equipment

In order to evaluate a full trailer’s vibration performance,lumped mass model of seven degrees of freedom is set up to predict the ride comfort of whole vehicle.The acceleration history and the transfer function of each measuring point can be got from simulation.The analysis results show that the maximum acceleration RMS value of the vehicle mass center is about 0.3g,which satisfies the requirements of attenuating vibration of precision equipment being transported on particular roads and speeds.So the research provides valuable reference for the optimum selection of the suspension system’s parameters.

Automotive Ride Comfort Control Using MR Fluid Damper

In this paper, the performance of automotive ride comfort using Bouc-Wen type magneto-rheological (MR) fluid damper is studied using a two degree of freedom quarter car model. The sliding mode control is used to force the MR damper to follow the dynamics of ideal sky-hock model. The model is tested on two excitations, the first is a road hump with severe peak amplitude and the second is a statistical random road. The results are generated and presented in time and frequency domains using Matlab/Simulink software. Comparison with the fully active, ideal semi-active and conventional passive suspension systems are given as a root mean square values. Simulation results, for the designed controller, show that with the controllable MR damper has a significant improvement for the vehicle road holding then its lateral stability as well as road damage in comparison with passive, fully active and ideal semi-active suspension systems.

Research on Ride Comfort Model of Wheel Motor Driving Vehicle Based on Matlab/Simulink

Simulink is a visual simulation tool in MATLAB;?through Simulink software,?to establish a model can reduce the amount of programming workload,?and?improve the efficiency of the establishment of automotive models.?The ride comfort of the vehicle is a measure of the most basic indicators of a car performance.?By establishing a ride comfort model in Matlab/Simulink, the wheel motor electric vehicle mainly affects the smoothness of the car mainly in the following aspects:?pavement, tire, suspension, motor and so on.?Through the establishment of the above model,?we?can effectively study the wheel motor drive electric vehicle ride comfort research.

Influences of the tank liquid lateral sloshing and mass time-varying on high clearance self-propelled sprayer ride comfort

To explore the influence of the lateral sloshing and the time-varying mass of the liquid in the tank on the ride comfort of the high-clearance sprayer,a spring-mass-damping equivalent mechanics that can describe the lateral sloshing of the liquid under different filling ratios was constructed based on the equivalent criterion.The Fluent was used to simulate the moment acting on the wall of the tank by the lateral sloshing of the liquid,and then the parameters of the equivalent mechanical model are obtained by fitting and solving.Comparative analysis of Fluent simulation and bench test on lateral sloshing of tank liquid under different filling ratios.The results show that the lateral sloshing trend of the tank liquid level obtained from the Fluent simulation and the bench test was consistent,which proved the accuracy of the Fluent fluid simulation process and the correctness of the required equivalent mechanical model parameters.Incorporating a liquid sloshing equivalent model,a four-degree-of-freedom vertical dynamic model of the sprayer half-car was established.Subsequently,the performance of the sprayer was systematically analyzed and compared under the excitation of a bump road and a random E-level road.This investigation took into account varying liquid filling ratios of 10%,50%,and 90%.The focus lay on evaluating the vertical acceleration of the sprayer body,dynamic deflection of the suspension,and dynamic load on the tires in response to these road conditions.This analysis is conducted independently of the liquid sloshing factor.The results show that the lateral sloshing of the liquid medicine significantly reduces the ride smoothness of the machine,and makes the vibration response of the machine produce a certain hysteresis effect.With the reduction of the quality of the liquid medicine in the spray tank,the vibration amplitude of the sprayer body gradually decreases,the hysteresis effect is also gradually weakened.The results presented in this study offer a theoretical foundation for the analysis of ride comfort and the optimization of chassis structure in high-clearance sprayers.

Simulation and verification analysis of the ride comfort of an in-wheel motor-driven electric vehicle based on a combination of ADAMS and MATLAB

To study the ride comfort of wheel-hub-driven electric vehicles,a simulation and verifi-cation method based on a combination of ADAMS and MATLAB modeling is proposed.First,a multibody dynamic simulation model of an in-wheel motor-driven electric vehi-cle is established using ADAMS/Car.Then,the pavement excitation and electromag-netic force analytical equations are provided based on the specific operating conditions of the vehicle and the in-wheel motor to analyze the impact of the electromagnetic force fluctuation from an unsprung mass increase and motor air gap unevenness on vehicle ride comfort after the introduction of an in-wheel motor.Next,the vibration model and the motion differential equation of the body–wheel dual-mass system of an in-wheel motor-driven electric vehicle are established.The influence of the in-wheel motor on the vibration response index of the dual-mass system is analyzed by using MATLAB/Simulink software.The variation in the vehicle vibration performance index with/without the motor electromagnetic force excitation factor is analyzed and com-pared with the ADAMS multibody dynamics analysis results.The results show that the method based on a combination of ADAMS and MATLAB modeling can forecast the ride comfort of an in-wheel motor-driven electric vehicle,reducing the cost of physical prototype experiments.

A review of passenger ride comfort in railway:assessment and improvement method

Passenger ride comfort has become a focus of attention in rail transportation equipment design,manufacture and later operation to meet people’s demand for travel quality.However,comfort is a very subjective concept,which is difficult to quantify and evaluate directly,and can be affected by various factors,leading to the corresponding technologies for ride comfort improvement becoming diverse.In this paper,recent research on the assessment method and improvement measures of railway passenger ride comfort is reviewed.The main types of ride comfort are summarized first according to the sources of discomfort,including static comfort,vibration comfort,noise comfort,aural pressure comfort,thermal comfort and visual comfort.The current assessment methods of ride comfort are introduced from the aspects of environmental parameters and human parameters based on the nature of evaluation indicators.Finally,the improvement technologies for each type of ride comfort are presented.

基于刚柔耦合模型的多轴车辆平顺性仿真分析

针对采用一体化设计、整体式车身结构的多轴车辆,建立刚柔耦合虚拟样机模型,对多轴车辆的平顺性进行研究。基于驾驶室连接方式、驾驶室结构形式和驾驶室顶部连通形式3个设计要素,分析整车在不同载重和不同工况下的平顺性。分析表明,带有斜支撑桁架结构的驾驶室能够有效降低车辆行驶时驾驶室的加权加速度均方根值;顶部不连通的结构形式驾驶室舒适性更好;通过优化驾驶室结构形式和顶部连通形式,车辆在空载和满载情况下的平顺性得到了较大的改善,能够更好地满足使用要求。

某SUV车辆平顺性建模研究及其悬架参数优化

首先,利用多体动力学仿真软件ADAMS/View建立了某SUV车型的整车动力学模型。其次,开展了车辆平顺性实验,利用数据采集装置分别采集了车辆通过粗糙水泥路面及减速带时,车身沿纵向、横向及垂向的振动加速度信号,并通过车辆加速度振动响应验证了所建车辆模型的准确性。最后,基于ADAMS和isight的联合仿真技术,以提高车辆平顺性及稳定性为目标,采用多岛遗传算法对车辆前、后悬架刚度及阻尼进行多目标优化。优化后所得车辆悬架参数不仅能提高车辆平顺性,且有限改善了车辆行驶稳定性,较好解决了车辆行驶过程中平顺性及稳定性之间的矛盾。

Advances in Active Suspension Systems for Road Vehicles

Active suspension systems(ASSs)have been proposed and developed for a few decades,and have now once again become a thriving topic in both academia and industry,due to the high demand for driving comfort and safety and the compatibility of ASSs with vehicle electrification and autonomy.Existing review papers on ASSs mainly cover dynamics modeling and robust control;however,the gap between academic research outcomes and industrial application requirements has not yet been bridged,hindering most ASS research knowledge from being transferred to vehicle companies.This paper comprehensively reviews advances in ASSs for road vehicles,with a focus on hardware structures and control strategies.In particular,state-of-the-art ASSs that have been recently adopted in production cars are discussed in detail,including the representative solutions of Mercedes active body control(ABC)and Audi predictive active suspension;novel concepts that could become alternative candidates are also introduced,including series active variable geometry suspension,and the active wheel-alignment system.ASSs with compact structure,small mass increment,low power consumption,high-frequency response,acceptable economic costs,and high reliability are more likely to be adopted by car manufacturers.In terms of control strategies,the development of future ASSs aims not only to stabilize the chassis attitude and attenuate the chassis vibration,but also to enable ASSs to cooperate with other modules(e.g.,steering and braking)and sensors(e.g.,cameras)within a car,and even with high-level decision-making(e.g.,reference driving speed)in the overall transportation system-strategies that will be compatible with the rapidly developing electric and autonomous vehicles.

纯电动汽车脉冲激励下残余振动的多目标优化

利用Adams/Car软件建立某电机后置纯电动汽车的整车虚拟样机模型,并展开对电动汽车过坎冲击残余振动问题的研究。建立一个新的优化目标—振衰度来表示残余振动的大小,并利用Isight集成Adams/Car、MATLAB模块对残余振动进行两次优化目标不同的优化。首次优化目标是振衰度和后座椅垂向加速度峰值,第二次优化目标是后座椅垂向加速度峰值,并将两次优化结果作对比。仿真结果表明,首次优化目标对残余振动优化的效果好于第二次,说明新建的优化目标—“振衰度”能较好地衡量残余振动衰减速度的快慢,以此为优化目标对残余振动优化效果较好。

主动悬架的遗传算法优化LQR控制策略研究

为了提高车辆的行驶平顺性和操纵稳定性,本文提出了一种基于遗传算法的线性二次型调节器(linear quadratic regulator,LQR)控制,求解最佳权重矩阵参数的方法。此控制算法克服了传统的LQR控制方法中,由经验主观性确定的权重矩阵Q和R的缺点,使其达到最优的控制效果。本文首先建立了1/4车辆主动悬架模型和道路输入模型,并将遗传算法优化的LQR控制器应用于主动悬架系统中。以主动悬架作为被控对象,车身垂向加速度、悬架弹簧动挠度以及轮胎动位移作为评价指标,通过仿真分析,相比被动控制和LQR控制的主动悬架系统,此优化算法可以显著减小车身垂向加速度与悬架弹簧动挠度,而轮胎动位移的影响不大,从而验证了控制策略的有效性。

竖曲线与平面缓和曲线重叠设置研究

城际铁路引入中心城区和地下车站时,在困难条件下无砟轨道地段允许竖曲线(变坡点)与缓和曲线重叠设置。本文对比分析了竖曲线与缓和曲线的不同位置关系对行车平稳性的影响,并总结了相应的适应性措施,对于优化竖曲线与缓和曲线重叠设置提供了一种技术解决方案。研究结果表明:(1)竖曲线与缓和曲线总体上不应重叠设置。当确需重叠设置时,应对平竖曲线匹配条件予以严格限制;(2)变坡点处设凸形或凹型竖曲线,在不同位置与平面曲线搭配形成的空间线形几何形态各不相同,对车轮与钢轨的密贴性能、列车横竖向激扰震动的影响存在差异,进而影响行车平稳性;(3)竖曲线、缓和曲线间位置关系的合理搭配,有利于改善线路条件。

车载精密光电设备平顺性仿真研究

为提高精密光电设备的部署速度、实现快速部署应用,可采用不停车部署方案,即车辆行进过程中开展精密光电设备应用对高速飞行目标的观测、跟踪、干扰。为降低车辆行进过程中路面振动的影响,以某型载车及其光电设备为研究对象,分析行驶过程的振动响应。建立基于加速度均方根值的线振动和基于角度均方根值的角振动联合评价指标,综合评价设备安装平面处的激励扰动。基于分析结果可发现良好路面(A级和B级路面)下车辆会对精密光电设备产生约1~10 mrad的角振动激励,一般路面(C级路面)下车辆会对精密光电设备产生约5~20 mrad的角振动激励。从而可根据车辆行驶振动特性,为后续精密光电设备的设计、优化提供参考。

集总与多体耦合人车模型的振动特性仿真

为了更好地分析车辆行驶时人体的振动情况以及更好地评价人体的动态舒适性,通过COMSOL软件建立了集总参数与多体耦合人-椅-车动力学模型。利用滤波白噪声法建立随机路面时域模型作为人车系统的振动输入,对不同路面等级和车速下的人体振动响应进行时域和频域仿真分析。根据ISO 2631-1:1997(E)计算垂向和纵向人体头部以及臀部的加速度均方根值,以此来评价人体乘坐舒适性。研究结果表明,路面等级越低、车速越高,人体乘坐舒适性越差。提出的集总与多体耦合人-椅-车振动模型可以比较精确地计算出坐姿人体垂向、纵向的振动响应,有助于对车辆乘坐舒适性进行评价。

车辆载荷下钢弹簧浮置板轨道振动特性分析

建立车辆-钢弹簧浮置板轨道垂向耦合振动有限元模型,分析车载作用下的浮置板轨道和车辆垂向振动特性。结果表明,钢轨和车体垂向振动在浮置板1阶弯曲频率(10 Hz)、P2共振频率、部分阶次的轮对弯曲频率及车轮辐板模态频率处存在明显峰值,其中车体振动在车体浮沉频率(1 Hz左右)处也存在明显峰值。扣件刚度和阻尼的影响主要在轮对1阶弯曲频率以内的车辆-轨道系统耦合振动行为,扣件阻尼在高频处对轨道垂向振动也有较大影响。钢弹簧刚度和阻尼主要影响浮置板1阶弯曲频率附近的车辆和轨道响应,对车辆运行平稳性影响显著。车辆悬挂参数及车体和构架质量对轨道振动基本无影响,簧下质量通过P2共振以及系统约束下的轮对1阶弯曲和辐板对称伞形模态影响轨道振动。增大一系悬挂刚度和阻尼以及二系悬挂阻尼会增大中高频的车体垂向振动加速度,二系悬挂刚度主要影响车体浮沉频率附近的车体垂向振动。车体、构架和簧下质量对车体浮沉运动、浮置板1阶弯曲和P2共振处的车体振动加速度峰值有影响。