Effect of modeling sidewalls on tire vibration and noise

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440702110523
Author(s):  
Somaye Mohammadi ◽  
Abdolreza Ohadi
Keyword(s):  
Low Noise ◽  
Sound Level ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Acoustic Coupling ◽  
Tire Noise ◽  
The Road ◽  
Total Noise ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Galerkin Method

Low-noise tire design demands the potent model, which regards accessible parameters in the design process before manufacturing a tire. Unlike most previous analytical models that integrated tire treadband with sidewalls with an assumption of identical properties, this research segregates them. The separation clarifies the effects of each tire part on vibration and noise individually, which has not been presented in previous publications and is noteworthy in design. The model is developed considering three connected plates, describing treadband and sidewalls, on an elastic foundation derived from vibro-acoustic coupling inside the tire. Natural frequencies are determined by the Galerkin method using modes shapes satisfying all boundary conditions. The vibration response of a tire rolling on the road is then formulated utilizing Green’s function and convolution integral. Eventually, vibrational tire noise is calculated by the boundary element method. Comparing the proposed model with the repeatedly used integrated plate model has indicated the dissimilarity of treadband and sidewall responses with a difference of 1.4 dB(A) in total noise level. Moreover, implemented parametric study based on a small central composite design has revealed their parameters’ distinct influences on generated noise. For instance, increment in treadband thickness reduces sound level, while decreasing sidewall thickness effectively leads to noise reduction. So, the proposed model is worth employing instead of the previous overused integrated model to predict and reduce tire noise.

scholarly journals A Theoretical Model with Which to Safely Optimize the Configuration of Hydraulic Suspension of Modular Trailers in Special Road Transport

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Rubén Escribano-García ◽  
Marina Corral-Bobadilla ◽  
Fátima Somovilla-Gómez ◽  
Rubén Lostado-Lorza ◽  
Ash Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Hydraulic Cylinder ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Automatic Testing ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
The Road ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
On The Road

The dimensions and weight of machines, structures, and components that need to be transported safely by road are growing constantly. One of the safest and most widely used transport systems on the road today due to their versatility and configuration are modular trailers. These trailers have hydraulic pendulum axles that are that are attached in pairs to the rigid platform above. In turn, these modular trailers are subject to limitations on the load that each axle carries, the tipping angle, and the oil pressure of the suspension system in order to guarantee safe transport by road. Optimizing the configuration of these modular trailers accurately and safely is a complex task. Factors to be considered include the load’s characteristics, the trailer’s mechanical properties, and road route conditions including the road’s slope and camber, precipitation and direction, and force of the wind. This paper presents a theoretical model that can be used for the optimal configuration of hydraulic cylinder suspension of special transport by road using modular trailers. It considers the previously mentioned factors and guarantees the safe stability of road transport. The proposed model was validated experimentally by placing a nacelle wind turbine at different points within a modular trailer. The weight of the wind turbine was 42,500 kg and its dimensions were 5133 × 2650 × 2975 mm. Once the proposed model was validated, an optimization algorithm was employed to find the optimal center of gravity for load, number of trailers, number of axles, oil pressures, and hydraulic configuration. The optimization algorithm was based on the iterative and automatic testing of the proposed model for different positions on the trailer and different hydraulic configurations. The optimization algorithm was tested with a cylindrical tank that weighed 108,500 kg and had dimensions of 19,500 × 3200 × 2500 mm. The results showed that the proposed model and optimization algorithm could safely optimize the configuration of the hydraulic suspension of modular trailers in special road transport, increase the accuracy and reliability of the calculation of the load configuration, save time, simplify the calculation process, and be easily implemented.

scholarly journals DEUFRABASE: A Simple Tool for the Evaluation of the Noise Impact of Pavements in Typical Road Geometries

Environments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Bérengier ◽  
Judicaël Picaut ◽  
Bettina Pahl ◽  
Denis Duhamel ◽  
Benoit Gauvreau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Emission Spectra ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Noise Emission ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Acceptable Error ◽  
The Road ◽  
Noise Impact ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Impact

Traffic noise is considered by people as one of the most important sources of environmental discomfort. A way to limit the traffic noise is to reduce the noise emission, for example, by using specific low noise pavements, particularly in suburban areas. However, in real situations, it can be difficult to evaluate the impact of a given pavement, because it depends, for example, on the road geometry, the meteorological conditions, or the distance of the receiver position. Finally it can be difficult to select the most appropriate pavement for a given noise reduction objective. In this paper, a simple method is proposed to evaluate the noise impact of a pavement, in typical road geometries and environmental conditions. The proposed approach uses two databases, the first one based on measurements of emission spectra of road vehicles on several typical pavements, the second one made of pre-calculations of noise propagation for typical road configurations. Finally, the method is implemented in an interactive web tool, called DEUFRABASE, which allows one to obtain a fast estimation of the L Aeq (1 h or 24 h) and L den noise levels for various pavements and road configurations, as functions of the traffic flow and composition. By comparing the method with measurements, it is showed that the tool, although based on a restricted number of pavements and on several simplifications, can predict the noise impact of typical road configurations, with an acceptable error, most often less than 2 dB.

Prediction of Design Hourly Volume on Rural Roads

2020 ◽  
pp. 036119812096556
Author(s):  
Miloš Petković ◽  
Vladan Tubić ◽  
Nemanja Stepanović
Keyword(s):  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
The Road ◽  
Annual Average Daily Traffic ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Traffic Volumes ◽  
Implementation Costs ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Design Hourly Volume

Design hourly volume (DHV) represents one of the most significant parameters in the procedures of developing and evaluating road designs. DHV values can be accurately and precisely calculated only on the road sections with the implemented automatic traffic counters (ATCs) which constantly monitor the traffic volume. Unfortunately, many road sections do not contain ATCs primarily because of the implementation costs. Consequently, for many years, the DHV values have been defined on the basis of occasional counting and the factors related to traffic flow variability over time. However, it has been determined that this approach has significant limitations and that the predicted values considerably deviate from the actual values. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to develop a model which will enable DHV prediction on rural roads in cases of insufficient data. The suggested model is based on the correlation between DHVs and the parameters defining the characteristics of traffic flows, that is, the relationship between the traffic volumes on design working days and non-working days, and annual average daily traffic. The results of the conducted research indicate that the application of the proposed model enables the prediction of DHV values with a significant level of data accuracy and reliability. The coefficient of determination (R2) shows that more than 98% of the variance of the calculated DHVs was explained by the observed DHV values, while the mean error ranged from 4.86% to 7.84% depending on the number of hours for which DHV was predicted.

scholarly journals IoT based smart traffic signal monitoring system using vehicles counts

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.21) ◽  
pp. 309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthil Kumar Janahan ◽  
M R.M. Veeramanickam ◽  
S Arun ◽  
Kumar Narayanan ◽  
R Anandan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Time ◽  
Clustering Algorithms ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
The Road ◽  
Real Time Traffic ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Timing Interval ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Smart Traffic

Traffic signal management is one of the major problematic issues in the current situation. Such scenarios, every signal are getting 60 seconds of timing on the road at a regular interval, even when traffic on that particular road is dense. As per this proposed model in this article, which will be optimized the timing interval of the traffic signal purely depends on the number of vehicles on that particular roadside. The major advantage of this system is that it can able to decrease the more waiting time for the drivers to cross road signal.  In this model, we are using the clustering algorithms model which is based on KNN algorithm. Using this algorithm new model will be liable to determine expected required timing as per provided inputs to the signal which is vehicles count. The input of these systems is vehicles counts on each side of the road from crossing signal.  And this input will be determined on much time is to be provided. “Case studies on this system are traffic network and real-time traffic sub-networks are organized to get the effectiveness of the proposed model.”  

scholarly journals Analytical Models for Traffic Congestion and Accident Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongrui Liu ◽  
Rahul Ramachandra Shetty
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Regression Tree ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
Decision Tree Classifier ◽  
The Road ◽  
Tree Classifier ◽  
Extreme Gradient Boosting ◽  
On The Road

In the US, over 38,000 people die in road crashes each year, and 2.35 million are injured or disabled, according to the statistics report from the Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) in 2020. In addition, traffic congestion keeping Americans stuck on the road wastes millions of hours and billions of dollars each year. Using statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms, this research developed accurate predictive models for traffic congestion and road accidents to increase understanding of the complex causes of these challenging issues. The research used US Accidents data consisting of 49 variables describing 4.2 million accident records from February 2016 to December 2020, as well as logistic regression, tree-based techniques such as Decision Tree Classifier and Random Forest Classifier (RF), and Extreme Gradient boosting (XG-boost) to process and train the models. These models will assist people in making smart real-time transportation decisions to improve mobility and reduce accidents.

scholarly journals Modeling and analysis of IEEE 1609.4 MAC in the presence of error-prone channels

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 3531
Author(s):  
Akram A. Almohammedi ◽  
Nor K. Noordin ◽  
A. Sali ◽  
Fazirulhisyam Hashim ◽  
Waheb A. Jabbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
System Throughput ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Average Delay ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) have been developed to improve the safety, comfort and efficiency of driving on the road. The IEEE 1609.4 is a standard intended to support multi-channel in VANETs. These channels include one control channel for safety applications and six service channels for service applications. However, there is still no comprehensive analysis for the average delay and system throughput of IEEE 1609.4 MAC in VANETs considering error-prone channel under non-saturated conditions. In this paper, we propose an analytical models based on 1-D and 2-D Markov chain to evaluate the performance analysis of IEEE 1609.4 MAC in the presence of error-prone channels. Besides, freezing of the back-off timer is taken into consideration to provide an accurate estimation of access to the channel. The simulation results have been carried out to validate the analytical results of our model. The results show that the performance of our model outperforms the existing model in terms of packet delivery ratio and average delay of safety packets over CCH, and system throughput of service packets over SCHs.

Analysis Tire Tread Patterns Noise Based on Wavelet Transform

2013 ◽  
Vol 823 ◽  
pp. 180-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Chen ◽  
Li Jun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Process Noise ◽  
Transform Method ◽  
Tire Noise ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pattern Noise ◽  
Frequency Components ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Non Stationary Signal

Pattern noise is mainly one of tire noise types, which is generated by impacting of tires block on the road. Generally, traditional Fourier Transform is used to process noise signals. However, the pattern noise is a kind of non-stationary signal and is related to pitch arrangement of a block, FFT is unsuitable. This paper proposes wavelet transform to analyze tire noise signals at different speeds. The causes of the frequency components of tire noise are interpreted. The results show that using wavelet transform method can effectively and intuitively analyze tire tread noise.

Experimental Investigation of Tire Slap Noise

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
Rui Cao ◽  
J. Stuart Bolton
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Sound Intensity ◽  
Road Surface ◽  
Structural Vibration ◽  
Vehicle Interior ◽  
Tire Noise ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Surface Noise

ABSTRACT Tire noise is an important issue both in the vehicle interior and to the vehicle exterior, since it affects passenger comfort and environmental noise levels, respectively. Such noise is increased when a tire encounters discontinuities on the road surface, the discontinuity being either a gap or a bump. The relatively high frequency (e.g., approximately 1 kHz and above) airborne tire noise generated by such discontinuities is defined as tire slap noise in this study. Most previous research on noise generated by surface discontinuities has been focused on lower frequency tire noise, typically below 600 Hz, and, in particular, on structural-borne noise transmitted from the tire into the vehicle associated with the acoustic modes of the tire interior. Here, instead, the focus is on higher frequency airborne transmission. Further, the study here is conducted from the perspective of tire structural vibration, which concerns the vibration of and sound radiation from the tire treadband structure, rather than tire pattern noise, for example. The high frequency tire slap noise was investigated in a laboratory environment. The measurements were conducted by using the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories' Tire Pavement Test Apparatus (TPTA), on which a loaded tire can be run on realistic road surfaces at speeds up to 50 km/h; the resulting tire noise was measured using the On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) method. A gap between two different concrete surfaces was chosen as the road discontinuity, and both narrow band and one-third-octave band spectra were recorded over the gap and over the adjacent smooth road surface segments. Several tires were tested on the TPTA, and their slap noise was recorded. Surface noise and slap noise were compared up to 1600 Hz to show the impact of the discontinuity on the tire noise radiation. Generally, slap noise is of a higher level than the surface noise, especially between 800 and 1400 Hz, but some tires showed distinct differences between the noise response on the surface and over the gap, while other tires radiated similar noise on both the surface and over the gap. Moreover, static tire mobility measurements were performed to investigate the wave type responsible for the different responses on the gap and the surface.

scholarly journals Novel Road Traffic Management Strategy for Rapid Clarification of the Emergency Vehicle Route Based on V2V Communications

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5120
Author(s):  
Radwa Ahmed Osman ◽  
Amira I. Zaki ◽  
Ahmed Kadry Abdelsalam
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
The Road ◽  
V2v Communication ◽  
Vehicle To Vehicle ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
V2v Communications ◽  
On The Road

Vehicle-to-vehicle communication is a promising paradigm that enables all vehicles in the traffic road to communicate with each other to enhance traffic performance and increase road safety. Through vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, vehicles can understand the traffic conditions based on the information sent among vehicles on the road. Due to the potential delay caused by traffic jams, emergency vehicles may not be able to reach their destination in the required time, leading to severe losses. The case is more severe especially in developing countries where no emergency-vehicle-dedicated lanes are allocated. In this study, a new emergency vehicle route-clarifying strategy is proposed. The new clarifying strategy is based on vehicular traffic management in different interference medium scenarios. The proposed model aims, through V2V communication, to find the nearest vehicle with which to communicate. This vehicle plays an important role in reducing the travel time: as the emergency message is received, this vehicle will immediately communicate with all the neighboring vehicles on the road. Based on V2V communications, all the vehicles in the road will clear from the lane in the road for the emergency vehicle can safely reach its destination with the minimum possible travel time. The maximum distance between the emergency vehicle and the nearest vehicle was determined under different channel conditions. The proposed strategy applied an optimization technique to find the varied road traffic parameters. The proposed traffic management strategy was evaluated and examined through different assumptions and several simulation scenarios. The obtained results validated the effectiveness and the accuracy of the proposed model, and also indicated significant improvement in the network’s performance in terms of packet delivery ratio (PDR) and average end-to-end delay (E2E).

scholarly journals FORMATION OF THE MODEL OF DESIGNING THE SYSTEM "ROAD CONDITIONS - TRANSPORT FLOWS" AND WAYS OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Вячеслав Козлов ◽  
Vyacheslav Kozlov ◽  
Алексей Скрыпников ◽  
Aleksey Skrypnikov ◽  
Елена Микова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Forest Roads ◽  
Forest Road ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
Logging Roads ◽  
On The Road

A model for managing the system "road conditions - traffic flows" is proposed that allows to ensure the functioning of the complex "driver - car - road - environment" in any weather and climate conditions. The analysis of the proposed model and target functional shows that optimization of the "road conditions - traffic flow" system can proceed in many directions, the main of which are: optimal development and placement of the network of forest roads, improving their technical level and level of maintenance, road engineering equipment , efficient traffic management, excluding the rational distribution of forest traffic on the network of forest roads and the management modes on individual logging roads and sections of forest roads. The developed model makes it possible to carry out a theoretical analysis and experimental verification of the interaction between «driver-car-road-environment" system in order to identify the reserves of increasing efficiency of its operation and purposeful management of this process. Transport-operational characteristics of logging roads are the main factors that shape the conditions of timber transport on the road, mode, convenience and safety of traffic and determine the efficiency of road transport, and connections of many characteristics of roads with the traffic modes have deterministic, corrective character. These patterns are the basis for the development of technical requirements for logging roads. The proposed model for integrated creation and management of the functioning of a forest road may already be implemented. However, the design of roads is expedient to provide complex control engineering and organizational measures to ensure the estimated traffic conditions during the whole period of operation of the road, regardless of the time of year and weather and climate conditions. Evaluation of the effectiveness of taken decisions should be made with mandatory consideration for ensuring the required performance of logging road in adverse periods of the year and in difficult weather conditions

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