Multibody Modelling of Mechanical Transmission Systems in Vehicle Dynamics

This thesis addresses the dynamic modelling of automotive driveline components by means of the nonlinear finite element method for flexible multibody systems. Starting from a detailed study of an industrial application, the TORSEN differential, several contributions are proposed in the field of contact modelling. The contact between rigid bodies in several geometric configurations is investigated and the influence of the squeeze film of lubricating oil is studied. A contact formulation between flexible bodies modelled as superelements is also developed and applied to the modelling of 3D flexible gear pairs

Multibody Modelling of Mechanical Transmission Systems in Vehicle Dynamics

This thesis addresses the dynamic modelling of automotive driveline components by means of the nonlinear finite element method for flexible multibody systems. Starting from a detailed study of an industrial application, the TORSEN differential, several contributions are proposed in the field of contact modelling. The contact between rigid bodies in several geometric configurations is investigated and the influence of the squeeze film of lubricating oil is studied. A contact formulation between flexible bodies modelled as superelements is also developed and applied to the modelling of 3D flexible gear pairs

Modelling of frictional unilateral contact in automotive differentials

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A comprehensive survey of the analytical, numerical and experimental methodologies for dynamics of multibody mechanical systems with clearance or imperfect joints

"Available online 19 December 2017"A comprehensive survey of the literature of the most relevant analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches for the kinematic and dynamic analyses of multibody mechanical systems with clearance joints is presented in this review. Both dry and lubricated clearance joints are addressed here, and an effort is made to include a large number of research works in this particular field, which have been published since the 1960′s. First, the most frequently utilized methods for modeling planar and spatial multibody mechanical systems with clearance joints are analyzed, and compared. Other important phenomena commonly associated with clearance joint models, such as wear, non-smooth behavior, optimization and control, chaos, and uncertainty and links’ flexibility, are then discussed. The main assumptions procedures and conclusions for the different methodologies are also examined and compared. Finally, future developments and new applications of clearance joint modeling and analysis are highlighted.This research was supported in part by the China 111 Project (B16003) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 11290151, 11472042 and 11221202. The work was also supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology with the reference project UID/EEA/04436/2013, by FEDER funds through the COMPETE 2020 – Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI) with the reference project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006941.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Modeling of contact between stiff bodies in automotive transmission systems

Many transmission components contain moving parts which can enter in contact. The TORSEN differentials are mainly composed of gear pairs and thrust washers. The friction involved by contacts between these two kind of parts is essential in the working principle of such differentials. In this paper, two different contact model are presented. The former uses an augmented Lagrangian technique and is defined between a rigid body and a flexible structure. The second contact formulation is a continuous impact modeling based on a restitution coefficient

Modelling of joints with clearance and friction in multibody dynamic simulation of automotive differentials

Defects in kinematic joints can sometimes highly influence the simulation response of the whole multibody system within which these joints are included. For instance, the clearance, the friction, the lubrication and the flexibility affect the transient behaviour, reduce the component life and produce noise and vibration for classical joints such as prismatic, cylindric or universal joint. In this work, a new 3D cylindrical joint model which accounts for the clearance, the misalignment and the friction is presented. This formulation has been used to represent the link between the planet gears and the planet carrier in an automotive differential model

Structural optimization of flexible components under dynamic loading within a multibody system approach: a comparative evaluation of optimization methods based on a 2-dof robot application.

This paper is dedicated to a comparative evaluation between two methods of optimization to realize the structural optimization of flexible components in mechanical systems modeled as multibody systems. A nonlinear finite element method based formalism is considered for the dynamic simulation of the flexible multibody system. The first method is the Equivalent Static Load method which enables to transform a dynamic response optimization problem into a set of static response optimization problems. The second method treats directly the dynamic optimization problem in an integrated manner where the optimization process is carried out directly based on the time response coming from the multibody system approach. However, the first method proposed by Kang, Park and Arora was developed under the assumption that the multibody system is described using a floating frame of reference. Therefore, in order to carry on the comparison using a unique multibody system approach, a method is first proposed to derive the equivalent static loads when using a nonlinear finite element method based formalism. The comparative evaluation is then carried out on the simple academic example of the mass minimization of a two-arm robot subject to tracking deviation constraints. Conclusions are finally drawn for future work and stringent comparison.Environnement d’Ingénierie Assistée par Ordinateur pour l’Analyse et l’Optimisation de la Liaison-Sol, des Transmissions et de l’Acoustique de Véhicules Automobiles à des fins d’Allégement et de Réduction de Consommation d’Energi