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1990_Vol19_237-253
To cite this article: V. MISUN Faculty o f Mechanical Engineering (1990) Simulation of the Interaction between Vehicle Wheel
and the Unevenness of Road Surface, Vehicle System Dynamics: International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility, 19:4,
237-253, DOI: 10.1080/00423119008968943
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Vehicle System Dynamics. 19 (1990). pp. 237-253
V. MISUN*
SUMMARY
A model of the relationship between a vehicle wheel and the unevenness of the road surface is defined.
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The wheel is considered to be of circular shape. For a given form of unevenness, the excitation functions
are evaluated for the individual subsystems of the dynamic vehicle model having 5 degrees of freedom.
The vehicle model traverses the uneven surface at a variable velocity. The model provides for the study
of the complex dynamic phenomena which occur between the wheel and the unevenness. The response
of the model also includes the dynamic stress on the drive when the wheel passes over the unevenness of
the road surface.
1. INTRODUCTION
The position of the contact point C, at the wheel periphery, changes with the form
of the unevenness. The elasticity parameters of the tyre at point C, for different direc-
tions in the plane xy, form an ellipse of elasticity. The main axes of elasticity are in
the direction of the wheel radius and in the perpendicular direction, i.e. tangentially
to the wheel periphery at point C. The main axes of elasticity form the angle a with
the direction of coordinate axes x, y. For this reason a transformation of the stiffness
parameters of the tyre is now made into the directions of axes x, y according to the
following relations:
therefore evident that the original unevenness y(x) must be transformed to the excita-
tion function y, (x) and Ry(x). For the "contact arm" Ry(x) applies: -R I Ry (x) I+
R.
The wheel is thus excited at the given position x (the position of the wheel centre
with a non-deformed tyre) by:
- the ordinate y, (x) at a distance Ry (x) or
- the ordinate y, (x) at a distance Ry (x)
For the wheel, being circular, both variants are identical. The second variant is more
convenient to use as it leads to equidistance for the unevenness y(x):
With the first variant it would be necessary to make a correction with regard to the
circular shape of the wheel. The ordinate of the contact point C of the non-deformed
tyre with an unevenness is (Fig. 1)
The difference between the vertical ordinate of point C on the wheel circumference
and the ordinate of point A varies in the range 0 I A y,, I R. In all cases, the wheel,
with the non-deformed tyre, is moved in the vertical direction from the basic position
(on the x axis) by the value y, , but at the distance Ry, i.e. at point C. Therefore the y,
ordinate is determined by the y, ordinate, the shape of unevenness and by the wheel
radius R. Hence, the ordinates of points C and A differ by the increment A y,, that is
given by the circular shape of the wheel and which it is more convenient to disregard
in the solution for the sake of more simple calculations.
For a given unevenness y(x) it is necessary to derive:
The functions y, (x) = y, (x), Ry(x) will be used as the excitation functions of the
wheel in the vertical direction. The simulation and derivation of curves ye(x), y, (x),
Ry(x) for the given wheel and unevenness y(x) is possible to carry out by means of
the algorithm prepared by the author in [3].
horizontal road. The wheel rolls on the road surface while the point C has the
same kinematic motion quantities as the wheel centre S.
P2: When the wheel runs onto the perpendicular obstacle x, must be constant.
The simulation of the excitation function x, and the solution of the wheel response
may be carried out in several ways. The following indicate three possibilities:
A. The wheel moves with an initial horizontal speed v, over a fixed unevenness (real
situation).
B. The wheel is, initially, non-moving in the horizontal direction while the road
moves in opposite direction with a speed v,. The wheel is initially rotating with an
angular speed 6, = v,/R. When riding over an obstacle, the wheel is horizontally
oscillating around its "static" position. It is then, of course, necessary to correct
the wheel response to the real situation.
C.The wheel is non-moving while the road moves in opposite direction with a
suitably transformed speed v,.
Any of these approaches has its advantages and disadvantages. The author of this
article carried out computation with all these variants. It must be noted that in each
case it is necessary to derive the respective excitation function x, . The variant B
seems to be the most advantageous and is used in further discussion.
According to the applied variant B, consider that the wheel is initially stationary
and the unevenness is moved in the opposite direction, with a starting wheel speed of
v, = const. The excitation function is then very simple
where: x,, - starting value of the excitation function (usually,x = 0), t - time
The excitation function x, = x, (t) according to the relation (5) in connection with the
variable Rx(x) - see Fig. 1 - is the cause of the wheel speed change also the change
in angular speed when passing over the unevenness of the road surface.
The change of these kinematic values is caused, however, due to the work of the
forces of gravity of the model (positive or negative work).
3. MODEL OF VEHICLE WITH 5 DEGREES OF FREEDOM
The wheel model is used in the simplified vehicle model with 5 degrees of freedom
excited by unevenness defined in section 2. This model includes all three basic
subsystems of the vehicle as stated in the introduction of this article. The scheme of
this model is shown in Fig. 2a, after its reduction to the wheel axle in Fig. 2b.
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The subsystem of the sprung and unsprung masses of the model is represented by the
parameters:
Mo M~ 9
- mass parameters of the body and wheel
R -wheel radius
ko bo9
- stiffness and damping parameters
k, , k,, b, , b, - stiffnesses and damping parameters of the tyre (see Fig. 1)
The torsional driving system of the model is represented by the following parame-
ters:
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Difference (cp, - cpKo) in the relation for Ay shows the very important condition that
the model does not initially move in the vertical direction.
- for the dissipative function
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where:
Furthermore, if Lagrange equations of the second order are used, equations of motion
are obtained which can be expressed in the following mamx form:
where M, B, K are the mass mamx (diagonal), damping mamx and stiffness mamx
(both symmetric). All three matrices are of the square type (5.5). The column mamx
f represents the excitation vector.
The column vector of independent coordinates takes the form
where
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The solution of the traversing and response of the model has been obtained with a
type EC 1045 computer using the integration Newmark method. Adaptation of ma-
trices B, K, according to the position x of the non-deformed tyre on the unevenness,
was carried out in any integration step. After the evaluation of the model response
with independent coordinates and respective speeds, it is possible to calculate the
next required variables.
The following functions were evaluated:
- position of the model on the road
where Ay' is the deformation of the tyre in the radial direction. It is necessary to
differentiate between the position x of the wheel centre with a non-deformed tyre and
the actual wheel position xo .
- horizontal speed of the model
- horizontal and vertical forces between the wheel and road at point C
v. MISUN
A. CDLIRSES OF Y e Y O e Y K e T e V
PRRAMETERS .
no= oob o fig
HK= 2 4 8 . b IP= 20.50
YO- 10.000 KM/H
@ST: :k#? E
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Fig. 3. Response of the model when running against the inclined plane: P = 3, v, = 10 km/h.
INTERACTION VEHICLE WHEEL AND ROAD UNEVENNESS 247
Responses of the model when passing the unevenness of selected forms are shown in
Fig. 3 and later ones. Courses of the previously defined y (x), yo (x), y, (x), v (x),
t (x), eventually y (x), F, (x), FRY(x), MS (x), MC(x) are indicated.
The model parameters are denved from the parameters of an empty heavy duty
truck of the 4x2 type. For the further analysis of the drive stress it is supposed that the
static moment of the engine M, = 1000 Nm.
The basic parameters of the model: M, = 448 kg, J, = 44 kgm2, k, = 141 500 N/m, k,
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= 1 200 000 N/m, k,= 180 000 Nlm, J, = 2.87 kgm2, k,, = 32 165 Nmjrad, k,= lo6
Ndrad, R = 0.5 m.
Optional model parameters are
M, - mass of the sprung part of the model (M, = 5000 kg)
P - gearbox ratio (first, second etc.) expressed by means of the overall gear ratio
i, (P = 3, P = 5)
V, - initial speed of the model (v, = 10 km/h, v, = 20 km/h)
3.3. Analysis of results
The model changes its speed when passing over the unevenness according to whe-
ther it strikes the unevenness or follows it downwards. When the wheel model runs
against road unevenness, the entire model starts to vibrate in the vertical direction,
the driving system also starts to vibrate and the model also changes its horizontal
speed. It is therefore necessary to have a clear knowledge of the position x,, x of the
model on the road during computation in order to apply, in each integration step, the
correct values of variables ye (x), y, (x), Ry(x), Rx(x).
If the model did not comprise elastic elements, then, when running against the
inclined plane, its speed would decrease in a linear way. Due to the resilience of
some elements, mainly the drive and its mass parameters, the speed characteristics
have a wavy form (Fig. 3). This change of the model speed is due to the vibration of
the drive subsystem and its reverse influence on the forward model motion.
The torsional drive system is highly stressed when the wheel runs onto an uneven-
ness - see Fig. 3b to Fig. 7b. The magnitudes of the components of reactions F, , FRY
at point C change thus changing their moment M, towards the wheel centre S . The
reaction F, acts through the wheel centre if the moment M, = 0.
The influence of the initial model speed v, follows from Fig. 4 and Fig. 5. For the
higher traversing speeds, the components of reactions F, , FRYare greater, the
moment M, stressing on the drive system, however, need not increase. The drive
stress depends on the shape of the road unevenness.
The maximum moment M, loading on the clutch shaft is at the distance x = 1.4 m
of the road and its value is M, = 350 Nm -Fig. 4b. In this case it reaches 35 % of the
value of the engine static moment. The moment M, actually increases at the distance
x 2 1.8 m of the road. It is an exceptional stress of the drive from the side of the
A * COURSES OF Y r Y O r Y K . T r V
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CM3
IF:^, ^^
450
B * COURSES OF Y nFRX * F R Y .MS *MC
PRRRMETERS t
OI-r8.8d11,~
0 5 0
KS= 300.0 KN/RAD p m 3
FGO-FGK- 53545 N
0.5
MS - 500 ~ 4 0
.
Fig. 4. Response of the model when traversing the unevenness having a form of step: P = 3, v, = 10 kmth.
INTERACTION VEHICLE WHEEL AND ROAD UNEVENNESS
R. COURSES OF Y , Y O r Y K r T r V
PFIRAHETERS r
T
IS3
FEZ 298!21° E
t p=3
IP= 20.50
e. 0
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Fig. 5. Response of the model when traversing the unevennesshaving a form of step: P = 3, v, = 20 kmh.
A. COURSES OF Y , Y O , Y K , T , V
PARAMETERS r
no= 5 0 0 0 . o G P=S
HK= 4 4 8 . 0 !G
VO- 4 0 . 0 0 0 KM/H
1P= 5.50
0.4
t2SI: 4: 22: #
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FRY
so ', .
Fig. 6. Response of the model when traversing the unevenness having a [om of step: P = 5, v, = 10 kmh.
INTERACTION VEHICLE WHEEL AND ROAD UNEVENNESS 25 1
unevenness being traversed. Therefore it seems that this particular form of uneven-
ness has an important effect on the stress of vehicle drives and their particular nodes
and examination of them is very relevant.
The influence of the gearbox ratio P follows from Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 . The influence
of the drive mass and stiffness parameters are more distinctive for the lower gearbox
ratio P.
The running of the model down an inclined plane is very interesting - see Fig. 7.
In this case the speed of the model increases (at the same time the drive system acts as
a braking element), the drive system starts to vibrate and affects the forward motion
of the model. As its speed further decreases, the model may stop or reverse but
immediately afterwards the speed again increases. Only after the suppression of the
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model torsional motion does the model speed become steady and faster than the
initial speed v,. The model wheel motion relates to the road unevenness.
The model reacts in a natural way to any form of unevenness, to initial speed of
the model, also to changes of other parameters. The model response verifies the fact
that the vehicle model is excited by road unevenness before the wheel centre rises
above the beginning of the unevenness.
The dynamic responses of the model correspond to the real responses of the
vehicle systems as they respect:
- the circular wheel shape
- all basic parameters of the wheel and the tyre
- the gravity forces of individual members of the model
- the speed change of passing over the unevenness
- the couplings between the individual subsystems of the model
4. CONCLUSION
The presented model defining the interaction between the vehicle wheel and the
unevenness of the road surface facilitates the study of the dynamic properties of
vehicles including their drives, when passing over the unevenness of the road, in a
more accurate and more reliable way. The model verifies the fact that when passing
over the road unevenness the torsional drive system of the vehicle is also stressed
dynamically.
The speed change of the vehicle is caused both by the excitation of the wheels in
the horizontal direction and the effect of gravitational forces on sprung and unspiung
masses when passing over the unevenness. This concept is also very important for
the study of responses when the vehicle traverses random unevennesses.
By means of the dynamic model, having 5 degrees of freedom, it is possible to
examine the influence of various parameters on the dynamic properties of the model.
It is therefore possible e.g. to examine the motion of its individual members, the
dynamic stress of different model points, the stress of the torsional system of the
drive etc. The responses and the dynamic properties of the model verify the correct-
ness of the model and its suitability for further application to models of real vehicles.
A. COURSES OF Y r Y O , Y K , T , V
PARAMETERS r
no= 000.0
MK= 2 4 8 . 0
EC p=3
Ip= 20.50
V 0 - 5.000 KM/H
TRZT: :S: $2: R
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l ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~
[ M I 150
0.5
B. COURSES O F Y vFRX ,FRY rMS a M C
PARRMETERS
18:
Ks=
so
t
0 Boo
0.0 G
OM/"
0 . 0 KN/RRD
F G O * F G K = 531,45 N
P= 3
Fig. 7. Response of the model when leaving the inclined plane: P = 3, v, = 5 km/h.
INTERACTION VEHICLE WHEEL AND ROAD UNEVENNESS 253
The work and research in connection with the model, as presented, is the result of
a many years' cooperation by the author with TATRA, C.E. Koprivnice. The author
studied the stress of the drives when traversing individual and random unevenness.
He identified and solved three possibilities of exciting the torsional system of drives
when traversing unevenness. One of them is given in this article.
It should be mentioned that when using the wheel model and unevenness, also the
vehicle model, as presented, more accurate responses may be obtained if only the
vertical motion of sprung and unsprung masses is considered, i.e. if the drive subsys-
tem is neglected.
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