Ride Quality and Drivability of a Typical Passenger Car subject to Engine/Driveline and Road Non-uniformities Excitations Examensarbete utfört i Fordonssystem vid Tekniska högskolan i Linköping av Neda Nickmehr LiTH-ISY-EX--11/4477--SE Linköping 2011 I II Ride Quality and Drivability of a Typical Passenger Car subject to Engine/Driveline and Road Non-uniformities Excitations Examensarbete utfört i Fordonssystem vid Tekniska högskolan i Linköping av Neda Nickmehr LiTH-ISY-EX--11/4477--SE Handledare: Neda Nickmehr ISY, Linköpings universitet Examinator: Jan Åslund ISY, Linköpings universitet Linköping, 7th June 2011 III IV Avdelning, Institution Datum Division, Department Date Division of vehicular system Department of Electrical Engineering 2011-06-07 Linköpings universitet SE-58183Linköping, Sweden Språk Rapporttyp ISBN Language Report category Svenska/Swedish licentiatavhandling ISRN Engelska/English Examensarbete LiTH-ISY-EX--11/4477--SE C-uppsats D-uppsats Övrigrapport Serietitel och serienummer ISSN Title of series, numbering URL för elektronisk version http:\\ urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-69499 Title Ride Quality and Drivability of a Typical Passenger Car subject to Engine/Driveline and Road Non-uniformities Excitations Författare Neda Nickmehr Author Sammanfattning Abstract The aim of this work is to evaluate ride quality of a typical passenger car. This requires both identifying the excitation resources, which result to undesired noise inside the vehicle, and studying human reaction t applied vibration. Driveline linear torsional vibration will be modelled by a 14-degress of freedom system while engine cylinder pressure torques are considered as an input force for the structure. The results show good agreement with the corresponding reference output responses which proves the accuracy of the numerical approach fourth order Runge-kutta. An eighteen-degree of freedom model is then used to investigate coupled motion of driveline and the tire/suspension assembly in order to attain vehicle body longitudinal acceleration subject to engine excitations. Road surface irregularities is simulated as a stationary random process and further vertical acceleration of the vehicle body will be obtained by considering the well-known quarter-car model including suspension/tire mechanisms and road input force. Finally, ISO diagrams are utilized to compare RMS vertical and lateral accelerations of the car body with the fatigue-decreased proficiency boundaries and to determine harmful frequency regions. According to the results, passive suspension system is not functional enough since its behaviour depends on frequency content of the input and it provides good isolation only when the car is subjected to a high frequency excitation. Although longitudinal RMS acceleration of the vehicle body due to engine force is not too significant, driveline torsional vibration itself has to be studied in order to avoid any dangerous damages for each component by recognizing resonance frequencies of the system. The report will come to an end by explaining different issues which are not investigated in this thesis and may be considered as future works. Nyckelord Keywords Ride quality, Driveline, Engine excitations,V Road non-uniformities, Suspension System, Torsional vibration, Random process VI Upphovsrätt Detta dokument hålls tillgängligt på Internet – eller dess framtida ersättare – under 25 år från publiceringsdatum under förutsättning att inga extraordinära omständigheter uppstår. Tillgång till dokumentet innebär tillstånd för var och en att läsa, ladda ner, skriva ut enstaka kopior för enskilt bruk och att använda det oförändrat för ickekommersiell forskning och för undervisning. Överföring av upphovsrätten vid en senare tidpunkt kan inte upphäva detta tillstånd. All annan användning av dokumentet kräver upphovsmannens medgivande. För att garantera äktheten, säkerheten och tillgängligheten finns lösningar av teknisk och administrativ art. 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Driveline linear torsional vibration will be modeled by a 14-degress of freedom system while engine cylinder pressure torques are considered as an input force for the structure. The results show good agreement with the corresponding reference output responses which proves the accuracy of the numerical approach fourth order Runge-kutta. An eighteen-degree of freedom model is then used to investigate coupled motion of driveline and the tire/suspension assembly in order to attain vehicle body longitudinal acceleration subject to engine excitations. Road surface irregularities is simulated as a stationary random process and further vertical acceleration of the vehicle body will be obtained by considering the well-known quarter-car model including suspension/tire mechanisms and road input force. Finally, ISO diagrams are utilized to compare RMS vertical and lateral accelerations of the car body with the fatigue- decreased proficiency boundaries and to determine harmful frequency regions. According to the results, passive suspension system is not functional enough since its behavior depends on frequency content of the input and it provides good isolation only when the car is subjected to a high frequency excitation. Although longitudinal RMS acceleration of the vehicle body due to engine force is not too significant, driveline torsional vibration itself has to be studied in order to avoid any dangerous damages for each component by recognizing resonance frequencies of the system. The report will come to an end by explaining different issues which are not investigated in this thesis and may be considered as future works. IX X Acknowledgments This work has been carried out at vehicular system division, ISY department, Linköping University, Sweden. The thesis would not have been possible without the support of many people and division laboratory facilities. I wish to express my gratitude to my examiner and supervisor, Dr. Jan Åslund and PhD student Kristoffer Lundahl who were abundantly helpful and offered invaluable assistance, support and guidance. Special thanks also to my bachelor supervisor professor Farshidianfar for sharing the literature and invaluable assistance. I would like to express my love and gratitude to my beloved parents Maryam and Ahmad for their understanding and endless love, through the duration of my master study. Linköping, May 2011 Neda Nickmehr XI XII Table of Contents 1 Chapter 1 ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Objective ......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations .................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Outline .............................................................................................................................................. 3 2 Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Driveline and vehicle Modeling ............................................................................................... 5 2.2 Road Surface Irregularities ........................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Human Response to vibration ................................................................................................... 5 3 Chapter 3 .................................................................................................................................................