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Optimum Design of Vehicle Powertrain Mounting System (자동차용 파워트레인 마운팅 시스템의 최적설계)

  • Kim, J.H.;Lee, S.J.;Lee, W.H.;Kim, J.R.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 2010
  • Technology of vehicle industry has been developing and it is required a better vehicle performance than before. Therefore, the consumers are asking not only an economic efficiency, functionality, polished design, ride comfort and silence but also a driving stability. The ride comfort, silence and driving stability are influenced by the size of vehicle and various facilities. But the principal factor is a room noise and vibration sensed by a driver and passenger. Thus, the NVH of vehicle has been raised and used as a principal factor for evaluation of vehicle performance. The primary objective of this study is an optimized design of powertrain mounting system. To optimized design was applied MSC.Nastran optimization modules. Results of dynamic analysis for powertrain mounting system was investigated. By theses results, design variables was applied 12 dynamic spring constant. And the weighting factor according to translational displacement and rotational displacement applied 3 cases. The objective function was applied to minimize displacement of powertrain. And the design variable constraint was imposed dynamic spring constant ratio. The constraint of design variable for objective function was imposed bounce displacement for powertrain.

Integrated Chassis Control System of a Rear In-wheel Motor Vehicle (후륜 구동 인휠 전기 자동차의 구동 및 현가 통합제어시스템)

  • Kim, Hyundong;Choi, Gyoojae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.439-446
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    • 2016
  • An in-wheel motor vehicle is a type of car that is equipped with an electric motor for each wheel. It is possible to acquire vehicle stability through a seperate driving torque control per wheel, since it directly generates the driving torque via the wheel motors. However, the vehicle ride comfort and road holding performance worsen depending on the increase of the wheel weights. In order to compensate for the impaired performance, an integrated chassis control system of the rear in-wheel motor vehicle is proposed. The proposed integrated chassis control system is composed of a driving torque control system, a semi-active suspension system, and an ESC system. According to the vehicle dynamic simulation of an in-wheel motor vehicle equipped with the integrated chassis control system, it is found that the system can improve the driving stability, ride comfort, and driving efficiency of the in-wheel motor vehicle.

Optimization of Design Variables of a Train Suspension Using Neural Network Model (신경회로망 모델을 이용한 철도 현가장치 설계변수 최적화)

  • 김영국;박찬경;황희수;박태원
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.542-549
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    • 2002
  • Computer simulation is essential to design the suspension elements of railway vehicle. By computer simulation, engineers can assess the feasibility of given design variables and chance them to get a bettor design. Even though commercial simulation codes are used, the computational time and cost remains non-trivial. Therefore, malty researchers have used a mesa model made by sampling data through simulation. In this paper, four mesa-models for each index group such as ride comfort, derailment Quotient, unloading radio and stability index, are constructed by use of neural network. After these meta models are constructed, multi-objective optimization are achieved by using the differential evolution. This paper shows that the optimization of design variables using the neural network model is very efficient to solve the complex optimization Problem.

A Study on the Optimization Design of Damper for the Improvement of Vehicle Suspension Performance (차량 현가장치 성능향상을 위한 댐퍼 최적화 설계에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Choon Tae
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.74-80
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    • 2018
  • A damper is a hydraulic device designed to absorb or eliminate shock impulses which is acting on the sprung mass of vehicle. It converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy, typically heat. In a vehicle, a damper reduce vibration of car, leading to improved ride comfort and running stability. Therefore, a damper is one of the most important components in a vehicle suspension system. Conventionally, the design process of vehicle suspensions has been based on trial and error approaches, where designers iteratively change the values of the design variables and reanalyze the system until acceptable design criteria are achieved. Therefore, the ability to tune a damper properly without trial and error is of great interest in suspension system design to reduce time and effort. For this reason, a many previous researches have been done on modeling and simulation of the damper. In this paper, we have conducted optimal design process to find optimal design parameters of damping force which minimize a acceleration of sprung mass for a given suspension system using genetic algorithm.

Mapping vertical bridge deformations to track geometry for high-speed railway

  • Gou, Hongye;Ran, Zhiwen;Yang, Longcheng;Bao, Yi;Pu, Qianhui
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.467-478
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    • 2019
  • Running safety and ride comfort of high speed railway largely depend on the track geometry that is dependent on the bridge deformation. This study presents a theoretical study on mapping the bridge vertical deformations to the change of track geometry. Analytical formulae are derived through the theoretical analysis to quantify the track geometry change, and validated against the finite element analysis and experimental data. Based on the theoretical formulae, parametric studies are conducted to evaluate the effects of key parameters on the track geometry of a high speed railway. The results show that the derived formulae provide reasonable prediction of the track geometry change under various bridge vertical deformations. The rail deflection increases with the magnitude of bridge pier settlement and vertical girder fault. Increasing the stiffness of the fasteners or mortar layer tends to cause a steep rail deformation curve, which is undesired for the running safety and ride comfort of high-speed railway.

Improved transient performance of mechanical parking facilities through simultaneous PLC and inverter control (PLC와 인버터의 동시 제어를 통한 기계식 주차설비의 과도 상태 성능 향상)

  • Kim, Chang-Young;Lee, Kyo-Beum
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.116-127
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we propose simultaneous control which improve in transient state performance of mechanical parking facilities through simultaneous control of PLC and inverter. In conventional mechanical parking facilities, it is controlled only by PLC, and it is more likely to generate over-currents in induction motors, and the ride comfort is reduced due to wear and damage caused by friction on the brake pads, and the life is shortened. To improve this problems the application of control techniques through simultaneous control of PLC and inverter prevents over-currents in induction motors, protects brake pads, improves ride comfort, increases control and ensures safety. We verify its validity by applying the proposed control method via simultaneous control of PLC and inverter to a mechanical parking facility.

Mapping thermal deformations of long-span arch bridge to CRTS Type I double-block ballastless tracks in high-speed railways

  • Hongye Gou;Hairong Ren;Fei Hu;Qianhui Pu;Xuguang Wen;Yi Bao
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.435-450
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    • 2024
  • The geometry change of railway tracks significantly influences the safety and ride comfort of high-speed trains. This paper presents an analytical method to map the thermal deformations of a long-span arch bridge to the geometry of CRTS Type I double-block ballastless tracks for high-speed railways. A mechanical model of the bridge-track coupled system was developed to derive analytical formulae of the deformations of the track. The analytical formulae explicitly consider the mechanical properties of the bridge-track coupled system and the temperature profile. A three-dimensional finite element model was established to evaluate the predictions obtained from the analytical formulae. The results show that the analytical formulae provide accurate predictions of the track deformations caused by the thermal deformations of bridges. This research will promote the design, evaluation, and operation of high-speed railway bridges for improved safety and ride comfort in engineering practices.

The Evaluation of Human Vibration Effect on T-50/A-50 Pilot (T-50/A-50 조종사의 인체 진동 영향성 평가)

  • Moon, Seong-Wook;Cho, Dae-Hyeon;Kim, Young-Ik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.546-549
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    • 2004
  • The T-50/A-50 Golden Eagle was developed for a supersonic trainer and light combat aircraft. At the design stage, vibration control plans were established and applied. For cockpit vibration, crew comfort vibration level was defined by the requirement of MIL-A-8892. It is found that the T-50/A-50 meets the requirement of cockpit vibration from the flight test data analysis. This paper contains the results of cockpit vibration analysis using the flight test data and the results of human vibration analysis lot the pilot inside aircraft. The human vibration level of pilot is increased as dynamic pressure is increased and at the specific high dynamic pressure, the ride comfort indicates 'a little uncomfortable'. Overall analysis results show that the vibration level of T-50/A-50 cockpit is tolerable and not critical for pilot's comfort.

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Hydraulically Actuated of Half Car Active Suspension System

  • Sam, Yahaya Md.;Osman, Johari Halim Shah
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.1721-1726
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    • 2004
  • The studies of the half active suspension have been performed using various suspension models. In the early days, the modeling considered the inputs to the active suspension as the linear forces. Recently, due to the development of new control theory, the forces input to the half car active suspension system has been replaced by an actual input to the hydraulic actuators. Therefore, the dynamic of the active suspension system now consists of the dynamic of half car suspension system plus the dynamic of the hydraulic actuators. This paper proposed a new modeling technique in integrating both dynamic models. The proportional integral sliding mode control technique is utilized to control the hydraulically actuated of the half car active suspension system. The performance of the half car hydraulically actuated active suspension system is simulated with a bump input. The results show that the proposed modeling technique and the proportional integral sliding mode controller are improved the ride comfort and ride handling of the half car active suspension system.

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Fuzzy Control of a Seat Suspension System with an MR Damper (MR댐퍼를 이용한 의자 서스펜션 시스템의 퍼지 제어)

  • Jeon, Do-Young;Kong, Kyoung-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.619-624
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    • 2004
  • This paper applies the fuzzy logic controller to a semiactive seat suspension system in order to obtain the better ride comfort in constraint of specific rattle space. The seat suspension system used for this research is a scissors-type one with the MR (Magnetic Rheological) fluid damper. Since a seat suspension system with a driver can not be exactly modeled, it is effective to control with the fuzzy logic controller. The rule was carefully tuned to effectively reduce the vibration transmitted to a driver. The on-road ride was realized on a hydraulic excitor and the result shows that the fuzzy controller has reduced the vibration of a seat suspension system compared to the continuous skyhook controller.

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