Design and Dynamic Simulation Research of a Bionic Three-Link Tube Shock Absorber

Author(s):  
Yong Song ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Zhanlong Li ◽  
Jinyi Lian ◽  
Qinglu Shi ◽  
...  

Background:: Shock absorbers are the main damping component of vehicle suspension system, whose excellent passive characteristics can greatly improve and guarantee the ride comfort and handling stability of vehicles. Therefore, it is of great significance to research and develop a shock absorber with excellent passive characteristics. Objective:: The purpose of this paper is to propose and design a bionic three-link tube shock absorber with good buffering and vibration reduction performance and bionic adaptive characteristics. In addition, the passive characteristics of the purposed shock absorber are studied. Methods:: The bionics idea is applied to the development of vehicle shock absorbers. A three-link mechanism with dampers and springs is abstracted and designed according to the structure and the function of kangaroo legs. A bionic three-link tube shock absorber is constructed based on the traditional tube shock absorber structures and the three-link mechanism. Three-dimensional modeling and three-dimensional dynamic simulation of the shock absorber are carried out by CATIA and ADAMS. Results:: The body acceleration are greatly reduced relative to excitations; the dynamic displacement decreases sharply under greater excitation, but there is slight increase under smaller excitation; the motion function and joint change characteristics of the proposed shock absorber are similar to those of kangaroo legs to a certain degree. Conclusion:: The results show that the structure design of the bionic three-link tube shock absorber is reasonable and workable, the shock absorber presents good buffering and damping performance and some bionic adaptive characteristics, however, there is still room for further optimization of the structure design.

2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 690-694
Author(s):  
Zhi Wei Xing ◽  
Yong Lv ◽  
Jun Hui Li

Aircraft tow-tractor is one of the absolutely necessary ground support equipments (GSE) in the airport. The chassis is the framework on which the body and working parts of the tow-tractor, what plays a significant role in a entire vehicle design. The endurance and rigidity of the chassis have a direct influence on the reliability and practicability. In this paper, a simplified model is established for the carriage of aircraft towbarless tractor on the three-dimensional modeling platform--Proe5.0, and then mechanical finite element analysis are proceeding by Ansys12.0. The results show that the chassis model is of a appropriate structure and the design coincides with actual requirements, the Stress Concentration at the joint between carriage and wheel-grip mechanism has been reduced substantially. All trial results have laid a foundation for future design of the entire tractor.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1725-1739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Demic ◽  
Djordje Diligenski

Dynamic simulation, based on modelling, has a significant role during to the process of vehicle development. It is especially important in the first design stages, when relevant parameters are to be defined. Shock absorber, as an executive part of a semi-active suspension system, is exposed to thermal loads which can lead to its damage and degradation of characteristics. Therefore, this paper attempts to analyze a conversion of mechanical work into heat energy by use of a method of dynamic simulation. The issue of heat dissipation from the shock absorber has not been taken into consideration.


2014 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Xia Wang ◽  
Tian Feng Zhao ◽  
Jian Bo Cao ◽  
Ji Feng Shen ◽  
Yan Bin Xiao ◽  
...  

Considering the efficient use of energy and environmental pollution, people's lives tend to energy saving and environmental protection, and energy saving electric vehicles has gradually been widely used. Through combining theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, system design and experimental validation, based on studying electric vehicle body design principles, the experiment optimized electric vehicle body design, and reduced the weight of the vehicle effectively. Its performance becomes more advanced, and the application becomes more economical and safe. By using Solidworks software, lightweight electric vehicle body structure of two-dimensional design and three-dimensional modeling was built to reach practical requirements. The body structure design is original and simple, which has good practical value.


2013 ◽  
Vol 365-366 ◽  
pp. 486-489
Author(s):  
Yuan Chen ◽  
Jian Jun Sun ◽  
Ya Qiao Zhu

The engine is the power source of the vehicle, it is the main and the most directly reason which causey the vehicle vibration. If you cannot control and attenuation of the vibration generated by it will make other parts of the body associated with strong vibration and noise, and also seriously affect vehicle handling stability and ride comfort, the occupant generated feel discomfort , even when serious damage to the body parts, shorten the car's life. Therefore, the role of the engine mounting system for attenuation and control of vehicle vibration is very important, the shock absorber is an important part of the engine mounting system; engine shock absorbers assembly performance will directly determine them can or cannot work to achieve the desired damping effect. In this paper, the authors propose a new, reliable assembly process; the assembly of the damper can achieve the production process requirements.


Author(s):  
Sijing Guo ◽  
Lin Xu ◽  
Yilun Liu ◽  
Xuexun Guo ◽  
Lei Zuo

Energy-Harvesting Shock Absorber (EHSA), as a large-scale energy-harvesting mechanism for recovering suspension vibration energy, has been studied for years. A design of the regenerative shock absorber with Mechanical Motion Rectifier (MMR) has been proved to be more reliable and efficient. This paper reports a comprehensive study of the influence of MMR-based Energy-Harvesting Shock Absorber (MMR-EHSA) on vehicle dynamics performances. Models of MMR-EHSA and vehicle with MMR-EHSA with two degrees of freedom are created. Simulations are conducted on five typical vehicles, including passenger car, bus and three types of trucks. The ride characteristics of comfort, road handling and energy recovery are evaluated on these vehicles under various MMR rotational inertia and harvesting damping. The simulation results show that MMR-EHSA is able to improve both the ride comfort and road handling simultaneously under certain conditions over the traditional shock absorbers, which broadens our knowledge of MMR-EHSA’s applicable scenarios.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Zhang ◽  
Yong Wang ◽  
Kai Wu ◽  
Ruoyu Sheng

The dynamic investigation of helical planetary gears plays an important role in structure design as the vibration and noise are perceived negatively to the transmission quality. With consideration of the axial deformations of members, the gyroscopic effects, the time-variant meshing stiffness, and the coupling amongst stages, a three-dimensional dynamic model of the two-stage helical planetary gears is established by using of the lumped-parameter method in this paper. The model is applicable to variant number of planets in two stages, different planet phasing, and spacing configurations. Numerical simulation is conducted to detect the structured vibration modes of the equally spaced systems. Furthermore, the unique properties of these vibration modes are mathematically proved. Results show that the vibration modes of the two-stage helical planetary gears can be categorized as five classes: the rigid body mode, the axial translational-rotational mode, the radical translational mode, and the 1st-stage and the 2nd-stage planet mode.


2011 ◽  
Vol 415-417 ◽  
pp. 2298-2303
Author(s):  
Jing Yu Zhai ◽  
Ying Yang ◽  
Qing Kai Han

Rubber shock absorbers are the key parts to isolate vibrations of the machinery and equipment. In this paper, a three dimensional finite element model of a rubber shock absorber is established; then the computation of three dimensional fatigue crack growth rates are discussed by using the nonlinear finite element method. The stress distribution which can determine the initial crack location and the possible risk surface under dynamic loads is obtained. The three dimensional crack growth is simulated by using finite element method and linear elastic fracture mechanics. A brittle fracture process of the rubber shock absorber along the dangerous surface is simulated by using the cohesive element of ABAQUS.


2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 967-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javad Marzbanrad ◽  
Goodarz Ahmadi ◽  
Yousef Hojjat ◽  
Hassan Zohoor

An optimal preview control of a vehicle suspension system traveling on a rough road is studied. A three-dimensional seven degree-of-freedom car-riding model and several descriptions of the road surface roughness heights, including haversine (hole/bump) and stochastic filtered white noise models, are used in the analysis. It is assumed that contact-less sensors affixed to the vehicle front bumper measure the road surface height at some distances in the front of the car. The suspension systems are optimized with respect to ride comfort and road holding preferences including accelerations of the sprung mass, tire deflection, suspension rattle space and control force. The performance and power demand of active, active and delay, active and preview systems are evaluated and are compared with those for the passive system. The results show that the optimal preview control improves all aspects of the vehicle suspension performance while requiring less power. Effects of variation of preview time and variations in the road condition are also examined.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alkan çağlı ◽  
M. Yılmaz

Abstract In this study, the use of three-dimensional modeling method was tested in taking some body measurements in camels with a practical method and was compared with other measurement methods. As the animal material of the study, 12 single humped dromedary female camels and 14 double humped Camelus dromedarius X Camelus bactrianus: F1 male camels, totally 26 camels, were used in three camel farms in Incirliova district of Aydın province. The body measurements taken from each animal by using different three methods, namely by Manuel Method (MM), by Photography Method (PM), and by Three Dimensional Modeling Method (3D) were the Cidago Height (CH), the Back Height (BH), the Rump Height (RH), the Body Length (BL), the Brisket Height (BRH), the Abdominal Height (AH), the Shoulder Width (SW) and the Rump Width (RW) and these values were compared with each other. As a result of this study, the mean values of MM and 3D measurement values were very close to each other and the difference between them was found to be statistically insignificant. (P<0.05). The difference between the means of PM and MM/3D measurement values was found to be significant. (P <0.05). In the measurements taken by MM, 3D, PM methods in male camels, the values obtained by MM and 3D methods for CH, BH, RH, BRH, AH, BL, and SW were very close to each other and the differences between them were found insignificant statistically (p < 0.05). On the determined regression graph, a linear was found between MM and 3D measurement values. As a result of this study, it has been determined that the 3D modeling method can be used as a remote and more practical method in determining the morphological features of large-scale animals such as camels more reliably, more easily and more practically.


2013 ◽  
Vol 579-580 ◽  
pp. 349-352
Author(s):  
Zhong Yao Wu ◽  
Jian Bo Cao ◽  
Shi Ju E ◽  
Tian Feng Zhao ◽  
Chun Xiao Chen ◽  
...  

The traditional cars consume high energy and the energy of vibration is wasted. To solve these problems, a new energy recovery damper was designed by analyzing the principle of vibration energy recovery and the advantages of electroactive acrylic elastomer materials. The three-dimensional modeling was finished for the mechanical structure of the energy recovery damper. As an important constituent part of vehicle suspension system, the energy recovery damper was a nonlinear vibration system which contained elastic force and damping force. The system could generate random vibration with the drive of the sources such as pavement roughness and engine. The vibration energy can be recycled and stored into vehicle battery by the energy recovery damper. The energy could be saved by changing the vibration energy into electric energy. The energy recovery damper has the advantages of simple structure and high efficiency.


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