On the dynamics of European two-axle railway freight wagons

The standardized design of European two-axle freight wagons has been used since the 1890s. The basic construction is a carbody suspended on leaf springs by a system of links working as pendulums. The internationally approved suspension system for these vehicles is the UIC standard suspension. The design is advantageous because it is simple, cheap, and robust. Despite the simple design, its influence on the dynamic performance of the vehicle is highly intricate due to dry friction damping and motion delimiters causing impacts. This paper deals with the dynamic behavior of European two-axle freight wagons analyzed through the use of a multibody model developed specifically for this purpose. The modeling of the vehicle and the integration of the dynamic equations of motion are far from trivial due to the complicated nature of the interacting forces. The model exhibits interesting bifurcation patterns emphasizing the complexity of the dynamic behavior of these wagons.     

Terrain-vehicle systems modelling using a multi-body dynamics program

A general purpose vehicle dynamics modelling capability is described. The development of suspension system superelements as standard elements in a general multi-body dynamics program is discussed. Terrain interaction models for wheeled vehicles with deformable tires operating on rigid pavement are described. A track vehicle suspension superelement is also described that includes a loop force element model of tracks and the use of terramechanical relations to describe soil compliance.     

Effect of rail corrugation on vertical dynamics of railway vehicle coupled with a track

The effect of rail corrugation on the vertical dynamics of railway vehicle coupled with a curved track is investigated in detail with a numerical method when a wheelset is steadily curving. In the calculation of rail corrugation we consider the combination of Kalker‘s rolling contact theory modified, a model of material loss on rail running surface, and a dynamics model of railway vehicle coupled with a curved track. In the establishment of the dynamic model, for simplicity, one fourth of the freight car without lateral motions,namely a wheelset and the equivalent one fourth freight car body above it, is considered. The Euler beam is used to model the rails and the track structure under the rails is replaced with equivalent springs, dampers and mass bodies. The numerical results show the great influence of the rail corrugation on the vibration of the parts of the vehicle and the track, and the some characters of rail corrugation in development.     

伴随变阻尼作用的干摩擦下的车辆系统非线性动力学分析

对分段线性阻尼和干摩擦共同作用下的车辆悬挂系统进行了非线性动力学分析研究，阐述了判定系统周期运动稳定性的理论方法；利用数值模拟方法分析了具有不同阻尼参数组合的系统对简谐激励的振动响应，并分析了由干摩擦引起的粘-滑振动行为．结果表明：提高摩擦力对抑制响应有利，但车辆系统在低速下运行时会出现复杂的粘-滑振动，轮轨之间产生较大的瞬时刚性冲击；而通过增加轮对与侧架的弹性悬挂可以有效减弱这种瞬时刚性冲击．     

Vehicle Modeling Methods for Real-time Dynamic Simulation Using Suspension Composite Joints*

New vehicle modeling methods for real-time dynamic simulation using suspension composite joints are presented. The suspension composite joints are derived and utilized to reduce the computation time of the simulation without any degradation of kinematic accuracy of the suspension systems. The joints are modeled using massless links on the suspension members that have small masses but have important kinematic functions, and the kinematics of the knuckles or axles of suspension systems are derived. Three vehicle modeling methods are tested using the joints: kinematic steering, compliant tie-rod, and force driving steer vehicle models. The latter two are constructed to represent the steering compliance characteristics of a real vehicle. The accuracy of the simulation results of each vehicle model is verified through comparisons to the results of real vehicle field tests and simulation with an ordinary full multibody vehicle model. It is found that the simulation results using the proposed vehicle models are accurate, and real-time simulation is achieved on a computer with a single PowerPC 604 333 MHz processor with 1 millisecond of integration step size.     

Three-dimensional dynamic model for off-road vehicles using discrete body dynamics

This paper presents a simple, reliable dynamics model of off-road vehicle operation in real-time (RT) on terrain with obstacles. The numerical model was formulated by a new method – DBD (Discrete Body Dynamics). The new method is based on a discrete-element method, where the equations of motion are linear and simple to solve.In this new method, the suspension systems are composed of soft and stiff springs and dampers (instead of suspension arms and joints constrains), to present the kinematics and dynamics of real suspension. Reduction of the number of bodies and avoidance of constraints significantly improves model efficiency and simplicity.The tires–soil interaction was modeled using Brixius prediction. Specific soil properties were obtained from the classification system for each tire–soil interaction, size, and geometric area. The tire–ground contact was determined by topographic surface and adjustment of the forces and direction acting on the tires.The proposed method allows quick and simple definition of a vehicle. The model is written as an independent software infrastructure, enabling easy integration with any other software component.Simulation results were compared with Siemens' VL commercial multibody dynamics program. The performance of the proposed method was very similar to the commercial program (R² > 0.9), with the significant advantage of much higher RT performance.     

Nonlinear oscillatory processes in wheeled vehicles

The free damped vibrations of a wheeled vehicle with independent suspension are analyzed with allowance for the nonlinear characteristics of the suspension springs and shock absorbers. The vibrations of a wheeled vehicle with a suspension with smooth nonlinear characteristics are studied for a model with seven degrees of freedoms. The skeleton curves and nonlinear normal modes are obtained. For a model with two degrees of freedoms (quarter-car) that corresponds to axisymmetric vibrations, the nonlinear normal modes are found in the case of a shock absorber with nonsmooth nonlinear characteristic     

Non-Filippov dynamics arising from the smoothing of nonsmooth systems,and its robustness to noise

Switch-like behaviour in dynamical systems may be modelled by highly nonlinear functions, such as Hill functions or sigmoid functions, or alternatively by piecewise-smooth functions, such as step functions. Consistent modelling requires that piecewise-smooth and smooth dynamical systems have similar dynamics, but the conditions for such similarity are not well understood. Here we show that by smoothing out a piecewise-smooth system one may obtain dynamics that is inconsistent with the accepted wisdom — so-called Filippov dynamics — at a discontinuity, even in the piecewise-smooth limit. By subjecting the system to white noise, we show that these discrepancies can be understood in terms of potential wells that allow solutions to dwell at the discontinuity for long times. Moreover we show that spurious dynamics will revert to Filippov dynamics, with a small degree of stochasticity, when the noise magnitude is sufficiently large compared to the order of smoothing. We apply the results to a model of a dry-friction oscillator, where spurious dynamics (inconsistent with Filippov’s convention or with Coulomb’s model of friction) can account for different coefficients of static and kinetic friction, but under sufficient noise the system reverts to dynamics consistent with Filippov’s convention (and with Coulomb-like friction).     

基于ED-LSTM的智能汽车神经网络横向动力学建模与控制

车辆动力学建模过程中通常会进行简化和假设, 导致模型在某些工况下无法准确反映车辆的实际动态特性, 影响控制精度甚至安全性. 鉴于此, 该文提出了一种基于数据驱动的非线性建模与控制方法, 建立了新型神经网络车辆横向动力学多步预测模型, 实现了智能汽车对参考轨迹的跟踪控制. 首先, 在分析车辆单轨模型并考虑轮胎非线性和纵向负载转移的基础上, 基于编码器?解码器结构设计神经网络横向动力学模型. 其中, 使用串行排列来扩展微分方程描述不完全的动力学信息, 隐藏层神经元学习车辆的高度非线性和强耦合特性, 进而提高模型全局计算精度. 利用所构建的数据集进行模型训练和测试, 结果表明, 相比于物理模型, 所提出的模型在不同路面附着系数条件下均具有更高的建模精度, 具有隐式预测路面摩擦条件能力. 其次, 利用提出的模型设计轨迹跟踪控制算法, 根据车辆稳态转向假设, 计算所需的前轮转向角和稳态质心侧偏角, 将稳态质心侧偏角纳入基于路径误差的转向反馈中, 实现参考轨迹跟踪控制. 最后, 使用CarSim/Simulink联合仿真及HIL实验测试进行不同工况试验的对比分析, 对所提出的基于神经网络模型的控制算法进行评价, 结果表明, 该模型能够实现智能汽车在高速下精确的跟踪控制效果, 并具有良好的横向稳定性.      

A method for predicting the internal motion resistance of rubber-tracked undercarriages,Pt. 2. A research on the motion resistance of road wheels

In spite of an increasing number of rubber-tracked crawlers, the literature provides few guidelines and calculation models suitable for minimizing their internal motion resistance. This article presents a model where the internal resistance of double-flanged road wheels for rubber-tracked vehicles is calculated as a sum of the losses resulting from the indentation of the wheels into the track surface and friction of the wheels against the track guide lugs. The model allows for vertical and lateral load of the wheels, the non-uniform distribution of the wheel pressure on the track, and the relationship between the friction coefficient and normal reaction force in the interface between the wheel and track guide lugs. The model has been verified by experiments. According to the results of model computations and experiments discussed in the article, the internal losses of a given rubber-tracked undercarriage might be reduced if: the road wheels are covered with a material that exhibits low friction coefficient and mechanical hysteresis, the vehicle suspension system features oscillating bogie wheels, the undercarriage is fitted with the largest possible number of road wheels, and the vehicle weight is evenly distributed to all of the road wheels.     

Estimation of Lyapunov exponents for a system with sensitive friction model

Mathematical modelling and numerical analysis of a vibrating system with dry friction is presented. Three qualitatively different friction characteristics are considered. One of them is an example of so-called sensitive friction characteristic. Their influence on the dynamics on the attractor of the friction oscillator is investigated through bifurcational analysis. This analysis is supported by Lyapunov exponents estimated using approach for the systems with discontinuities. Theoretical background for such a synchronisation-based method of determining the largest Lyapunov exponent is explained. The results obtained through the proposed approach approximate the LLE with a good precision.     

Off-road tire modeling and the multi-pass effect for vehicle dynamics simulation

Off-road operations are critical in many fields and the complexity of the tire-terrain interaction deeply affects vehicle performance. In this paper, a semi-empirical off-road tire model is discussed. The efforts of several researchers are brought together into a single model able to predict the main features of a tire operating in off-road scenarios by computing drawbar pull, driving torque, lateral force, slip-sinkage phenomenon and the multi-pass behavior. The approach is principally based on works by Wong, Reece, Chan, and Sandu and it is extended in order to catch into a single model the fundamental features of a tire running on soft soil. A thorough discussion of the methodology is conducted in order to highlight strengths and weakness of different implementations. The study considers rigid wheels and flexible tires and analyzes the longitudinal and the lateral dynamics. Being computationally inexpensive a semi-empirical model is attractive for real time vehicle dynamics simulations. To the best knowledge of the authors, current vehicle dynamics codes poorly account for off-road operations where tire-terrain interaction dominates vehicle performance. In this paper two soils are considered: a loose sandy terrain and a firmer loam. Results show that the model realistically predicts longitudinal and lateral forces providing at the same time good estimates of the slip-sinkage behavior and tire parameters sensitivity.     

Ride dynamics mathematical model for a single station representation of tracked vehicle

Tracked vehicles are exposed to severe ride environment due to dynamic terrain-vehicle interactions. Hence it is essential to understand the vibration levels transmitted to the vehicle, as it negotiates different types of terrains at different speeds. The present study is focused on the development of single station representation of tracked vehicles with trailing arm hydro-gas suspension systems, simulating the ride dynamics. The kinematics of hydro-gas suspension system have been derived in order to determine the non-linear stiffness characteristics at various charging pressures. Then, incorporating the actual suspension kinematics, non-linear governing equations of motion have been derived for the sprung and unsprung masses and solved by coding in Matlab. Effect of suspension non-linear dynamics on the single station ride vibrations have been analyzed and validated with a multi-body dynamics model developed using MSC.ADAMS. The above mathematical models would help in estimating the ride vibration levels of the tracked vehicle, negotiating different types of terrains at various speeds and also enable the designers to fine-tune the suspension characteristics such that the ride vibrations are within acceptable limits. The mathematical ride model would also assist in development of non-linear ride vibration model of full tracked vehicle and estimate the sprung mass dynamics.     

ROLL CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE BASED ON CROSSING DOUBLE AIR CHAMBER PNEUMATICALLY INTERCONNECTED SUSPENSION$^{\bf 1)}$

设计了一种采用囊式空气弹簧的交叉型双气室空气互联悬架 (PIS 悬架),并应用于侧翻事故发生率极高的全地形车上. 建立了交叉型双气室气体耦合 AMEsim 模型与全地形车整车动力学 ADAMS/Car 模型,通过将前者模型中的空气弹簧弹性力作为整车动力学模型的输入变量,将后者模型中的空气弹簧压缩伸张位移作为气体耦合模型的输入变量,建立了完整的机械-气体耦合多自由度动力学联合仿真模型. 通过 J 型弯高速典型仿真实验对搭载 PIS 悬架、双气室非互联悬架 (UN-PIS 悬架) 和普通螺旋弹簧悬架 (HS 悬架) 的全地形车进行侧倾特性对比研究. 研究结果显示,PIS 悬架若关闭互联管路,则会形成 UN-PIS 非互联状态,使悬架刚度瞬间大幅上升,平顺性瞬间变差,而具有相同垂向刚度的 PIS 悬架与 HS 悬架,前者能够提供更多的侧倾角刚度. 研究了气路系统 中影响动态侧倾特性的相关因子,包括连接管路管长、管径、附加气室容积. 研究表明,互联管路管长越小,越有利于提升全地形车侧倾特性,存在临界管径,管径小于或大于该值时,均会小幅度提升侧倾特性,附加气室容积越小,侧倾角刚度越大,为 PIS 悬架气路系统设计提供理论依据.     

基于交叉型双气室空气互联悬架的全地形车侧倾特性研究

设计了一种采用囊式空气弹簧的交叉型双气室空气互联悬架 (PIS 悬架),并应用于侧翻事故发生率极高的全地形车上. 建立了交叉型双气室气体耦合 AMEsim 模型与全地形车整车动力学 ADAMS/Car 模型,通过将前者模型中的空气弹簧弹性力作为整车动力学模型的输入变量,将后者模型中的空气弹簧压缩伸张位移作为气体耦合模型的输入变量,建立了完整的机械-气体耦合多自由度动力学联合仿真模型. 通过 J 型弯高速典型仿真实验对搭载 PIS 悬架、双气室非互联悬架 (UN-PIS 悬架) 和普通螺旋弹簧悬架 (HS 悬架) 的全地形车进行侧倾特性对比研究. 研究结果显示,PIS 悬架若关闭互联管路,则会形成 UN-PIS 非互联状态,使悬架刚度瞬间大幅上升,平顺性瞬间变差,而具有相同垂向刚度的 PIS 悬架与 HS 悬架,前者能够提供更多的侧倾角刚度. 研究了气路系统 中影响动态侧倾特性的相关因子,包括连接管路管长、管径、附加气室容积. 研究表明,互联管路管长越小,越有利于提升全地形车侧倾特性,存在临界管径,管径小于或大于该值时,均会小幅度提升侧倾特性,附加气室容积越小,侧倾角刚度越大,为 PIS 悬架气路系统设计提供理论依据.      

车辆纵向非光滑多体动力学建模与数值算法研究

在建立车辆纵向多体系统的动力学模型中, 将车身与车轮视为刚体, 两者通过减振器链接; 将传动系统视为一个圆盘通过扭簧和阻尼器与驱动轮连接; 将车轮与路面间的接触力简化为法向约束力、摩擦力和滚阻力偶,其中摩擦力的模型采用库仑干摩擦模型. 采用笛卡尔坐标作为该系统的广义坐标用于描述该系统的位形, 给出系统单双边的约束方程, 应用第一类拉格朗日方法建立了系统的动力学方程. 由于摩擦与滚阻的非光滑性, 使得该系统动力学方程不连续. 为便于计算, 建立了车轮与路面接触点的相对切向加速度与摩擦力余量的互补条件、车轮角加速度与滚阻力偶余量的互补条件, 以及车轮轮心法向加速度与路面法向约束力的互补条件. 将接触—分离、黏滞—滑移的判断问题转化成线性互补问题的求解, 并给出了具有约束稳定化的基于事件驱动法的数值计算方法. 最后, 应用该方法对车辆纵向多体系统进行了仿真, 分析了输出扭矩、摩擦及滚阻系数对其动力学行为的影响.      

Acoustical validation of the rheological models for a structural bond

The purpose of this study is to characterize by ultrasound a bonded structure metal/adhesive/metal. At first, we investigate the guided modes of the structure for the adhesive layer in its entirety; this is the exact model. Secondly, we assume that the adhesive layer is described by one geometrical interface, with a superficial distribution of longitudinal and transversal springs with or without mass; this is the rheological model. A comparison of the guided modes for the two models allows to determinate the validity limits for the rheological modelling and define the equivalent stiffness coefficients and the mass as a function of the frequency. Some cutoff-frequencies are better evaluated when the springs mass is taken into account.     

Minimal models for squealing of railway block brakes

Block brakes have been used to brake railway vehicles for approximately 200 years. During the last 40 years, disk brakes have replaced the block brakes at passenger cars but block brakes are still used for all freight wagons. One problem of block brakes is that they show an enormous tendency to squeal. Although the block brake is a very common and old technical component, there exists almost no scientific work on its noise behavior regarding squeal. On the other hand, a lot of work has been done on the problem of disk brake squeal especially concerning the modeling of the excitation mechanism. The goal of this paper is to investigate whether and how models from disk brake squeal can be modified to model block brake squeal. The starting point of these investigations is a minimal model for an automotive disk brake introduced by von Wagner et al. (J Sound Vibration, 51(1–2):223–237, 2007) that is adapted to the block brake problem. It can be shown that such a simple converted model does not show any instability at all. A deeper analysis suggests that the reasons for squeal in block brakes could originate from in-plane vibrations of the brake disk or specific geometrical properties of the railway wheel. The self-excited vibrations explaining the squeal occur at relatively low rotational speeds far below the first critical rotor speed which has rarely been observed in rotor dynamics.