Development of a Semi Active Suspension System for Lightweight Automobiles
Development of a Semi Active Suspension System for Lightweight Automobiles
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轻型汽车半主动悬架系统的开发
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2016
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Sheetanshu Rajeev Tyagi
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作者:
Sheetanshu Rajeev Tyagi
Vehicle suspension systems play an integral role in influencing the overall performance of a vehicle. The suspension system of a vehicle performs multiple tasks, such as maintaining contact between the tires and the road and isolating the frame of the vehicle from road-induced vibration and shocks. A significant amount of research has been directed to improving the performance of the suspension system by varying the damping coefficient so as to alter the frequency response of the system. This study describes the development of such a damper. The goal of this research has been to design, model, fabricate and test a novel semi-active damper. The damper consists of two independent electronically controlled units placed in series with one another. The system was initially simulated using a 2 DOF quarter-car model and the performance characteristics of the damper were outlined. Following that, multiple design iterations of the damper were created and a MATLAB/Simulink model was used to simulate physical and flow characteristics of the damper. After the design and analysis was complete, the damper was fabricated and tested using a shock dyno at CenTiRe. The test results were then compared to the simulation results so as to confirm performance of the damper. Additionally, the results obtained on the dyno were then compared against that of a relative single semi-active and passive damper. Development of a Semi-active Suspension System for Lightweight Automobiles Sheetanshu Tyagi GENERAL AUDIENCE ABSTRACT Suspension in cars is responsible for maintaining adequate amount of passenger comfort and also for maintaining tire contact with the road. Suspension is one of the primary reasons cars can absorb bumps on the road while cornering at high speeds. There has been a continuous amount of research to improve the performance of suspension by changing different parts of the suspension so that passengers can experience better comfort and handling. The objective of this thesis is to design a new damper which accomplishes the same. This damper essentially consists of two electronically controlled dampers placed one on top of the other. Both dampers are actively controlled with the help of sensors and actuators so as to offer optimum performance. By using two dampers, comfort and handling of the car can be simultaneously improved, something that is essentially not possible by using dampers that are currently in the market. The damper was designed and fabricated in CenTiRe. Multiple design iterations of the double damper were created and one of the designs was then fabricated. A computer model of the damper was also created so as to be able to simulate the performance of the damper and the results obtained from the model were compared to the results obtained from the tests.