Comparative Study of the Loads Acting on the Operating Cardanic Transmission in the Closed and Open Loop Configurations

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Eugen Avrigean

On the basis of a comparative study, this paper aims to determine the maximum loads that can occur in operating conditions on the cardanic transmission assembly of motor vehicles in the open or closed loop configurations. The research is conducted under static conditions using finite elements and shows the components with their maximum values obtained in normal operating conditions.

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
J. Carrillo-Ahumada ◽  
G. Reynoso-Meza ◽  
I.I. Ruiz-López ◽  
M.A. García-Alvarado

Author(s):  
Donald L. Simon ◽  
Aidan W. Rinehart ◽  
Scott M. Jones

Aircraft flying in regions of high ice crystal concentrations are susceptible to the buildup of ice within the compression system of their gas turbine engines. This ice buildup can restrict engine airflow and cause an uncommanded loss of thrust, also known as engine rollback, which poses a potential safety hazard. The aviation community is conducting research to understand this phenomena, and to identify avoidance and mitigation strategies to address the concern. To support this research, a dynamic turbofan engine model has been created to enable the development and evaluation of engine icing detection and control-based mitigation strategies. This model captures the dynamic engine response due to high ice water ingestion and the buildup of ice blockage in the engine’s low pressure compressor. It includes a fuel control system allowing engine closed-loop control effects during engine icing events to be emulated. The model also includes bleed air valve and horsepower extraction actuators that, when modulated, change overall engine operating performance. This system-level model has been developed and compared against test data acquired from an aircraft turbofan engine undergoing engine icing studies in an altitude test facility and also against outputs from the manufacturer’s customer deck. This paper will describe the model and show results of its dynamic response under open-loop and closed-loop control operating scenarios in the presence of ice blockage buildup compared against engine test cell data. Planned follow-on use of the model for the development and evaluation of icing detection and control-based mitigation strategies will also be discussed. The intent is to combine the model and control mitigation logic with an engine icing risk calculation tool capable of predicting the risk of engine icing based on current operating conditions. Upon detection of an operating region of risk for engine icing events, the control mitigation logic will seek to change the engine’s operating point to a region of lower risk through the modulation of available control actuators while maintaining the desired engine thrust output. Follow-on work will assess the feasibility and effectiveness of such control-based mitigation strategies.


Author(s):  
Ravi Patel ◽  
Benjamin Legum ◽  
Yury Gogotsi ◽  
Bradley Layton

Through measurement of hysteresis and drift in a piezoelectrically driven multi-axis multi-positioner nanomanipulator, we have quantified error over ranges of three primary operating parameters: gain, duty cycle, and actuation time. A total of sixty-nine curves were plotted, and error and drift measured in a single operating plane. All data shown were collected on the Zyvex L-100 nanomanipulator operating in an open-loop programmed method, in both coarse (12mm range, 2–5 μm precision) and fine mode (100 μm range, 10–50 nm precision). In general, the normalized error was reduced at larger actuation distances and in coarse mode. These results may be used to define optimum operating conditions for piezoelectrically actuated nanomanipulators and micromanipulators whereby the goal is to find a balance between speed and accuracy. The results also are intended to allow for optimal control in closed-loop operation and for task-oriented and pick-and-place operations.


2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaopeng Zhao ◽  
Harry Dankowicz

Electrically driven impact microactuators generate nanoscale displacements without large driving distances and high voltages. These systems exhibit complex dynamics because of inherent nonlinearities due to impacts, friction, and electric forces. As a result, dramatic changes in system behavior, associated with so-called grazing bifurcations, may occur during the transition between impacting and nonimpacting dynamics, including the presence of robust chaos. For successful open-loop operating conditions, the system design is limited to certain parameter regions, where desired system responses reside. The objective of this paper is to overcome this limitation to allow for a more precise displacement manipulation using impact microactuators. This is achieved through a closed-loop feedback scheme that successfully controls the system dynamics in the near-grazing region.


Author(s):  
Anup M. Kulkarni ◽  
Gregory M. Shaver ◽  
Sriram S. Popuri ◽  
Tim R. Frazier ◽  
Donald W. Stanton

This paper describes an accurate, flexible, and computationally efficient whole engine model incorporating a multizone, quasidimension combustion submodel for a 6.7-l six-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), cooled air, and multiple fuel injections. The engine performance and NOx emissions predicative capability of the model is demonstrated at 22 engine operating conditions. The only model inputs are physical engine control module “control actions,” including injection rates, injection timings, EGR valve position, and variable geometry turbocharger rack position. The model is run using both “open” and “closed” loop control strategies for air/EGR path control, in both cases achieving very good correlation with experimental data. Model outputs include in-cylinder pressure and heat release, torque, combustion timing, brake specific fuel consumption, EGR flow rate, air flow rate, exhaust and intake pressure, and NOx emissions. The model predicts engine performance and emissions with average absolute errors within 5% and 18%, respectively, of true values with “open-loop” air/EGR control, and within 5% and 11% with “closed-loop” air/EGR control. In addition, accurate prediction of the coupling of the in-cylinder combustion and emission-production processes with the boosted, cooled air/EGR gas dynamics is a key characteristic of the model.


Author(s):  
Geo. A. Richards ◽  
Jimmy D. Thornton ◽  
Edward H. Robey ◽  
Leonell Arellano

Combustion dynamics is a prominent problem in the design and operation of low-emission gas turbine engines. Even modest changes in fuel composition, or operating conditions can lead to damaging vibrations in a combustor that was otherwise stable. For this reason, active control has been sought to stabilize combustors that must accommodate fuel variability, new operating conditions, etc. Active control of combustion dynamics has been demonstrated in a number of laboratories, single-nozzle test combustors, and even on a fielded engine. In most of these tests, active control was implemented with closed-loop feedback between the observed pressure signal and the phase and gain of imposed fuel perturbations. In contrast, a number of recent papers have shown that open-loop fuel perturbations can disrupt the feedback between acoustics and heat release that drives the oscillation. Compared to the closed-loop case, this approach has some advantages because it may not require high-fidelity fuel actuators, and could be easier to implement. This paper reports experimental tests of open-loop fuel perturbations to control combustion dynamics in a complete gas turbine engine. Results demonstrate the technique was very successful on the test engine, and had minimal effect on pollutant emissions.


2006 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geo. A. Richards ◽  
Jimmy D. Thornton ◽  
Edward H. Robey ◽  
Leonell Arellano

Combustion dynamics is a prominent problem in the design and operation of low-emission gas turbine engines. Even modest changes in fuel composition or operating conditions can lead to damaging vibrations in a combustor that was otherwise stable. For this reason, active control has been sought to stabilize combustors that must accommodate fuel variability, new operating conditions, etc. Active control of combustion dynamics has been demonstrated in a number of laboratories, single-nozzle test combustors, and even on a fielded engine. In most of these tests, active control was implemented with closed-loop feedback between the observed pressure signal and the phase and gain of imposed fuel perturbations. In contrast, a number of recent papers have shown that open-loop fuel perturbations can disrupt the feedback between acoustics and heat release that drives the oscillation. Compared to the closed-loop case, this approach has some advantages because it may not require high-fidelity fuel actuators, and could be easier to implement. This paper reports experimental tests of open-loop fuel perturbations to control combustion dynamics in a complete gas turbine engine. Results demonstrate the technique was very successful on the test engine and had minimal effect on pollutant emissions.


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