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Application of multibody system (MBS) techniques to automotive vehicle chassis simulation for motion control studies
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Costa, Alvaro Neto (1992) Application of multibody system (MBS) techniques to automotive vehicle chassis simulation for motion control studies. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The subject of this thesis is the application of multibody system techniques for vehicle chassis modelling aimed at the development of integrated vehicle control. This work revised the application of automatic control to automotive vehicles and it has observed that most applications to date adopt a piecemeal approach whereby individual vehicle subsystems are treated in isolation. The coordination and integration of automotive vehicle motion control requires that the interaction amongst the various subsystems is taken into consideration at the design stage. Integrated vehicle control is then proposed as the motion management concept. A revision about existing techniques for generating the equations of motion for vehicle chassis, using multibody systems (MBS) techniques is also carried out. It realises that resulting models can be complex and that simplifications in chassis description is recommendable. For this purpose, it has developed a technique for representing suspension geometry effects which by taking the MBS structure into account, results in small and fast runtime simulation models. Yet, the model is capable of describing the full range of normal operation of the automotive vehicle. Using the previously developed model, comprehensive analysis of all aspects of vehicle motion is carried out. The objectives of such analysis is the determination of a driving envelope in which the use of linearised models of the nonlinear chassis can be justified for control analysis and design. Finally, the numerical and control theoretical properties of the linearised models are addressed. State space and transfer function matrix representations are used for such purposes.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Automobiles Chassis, Multibody systems | ||||
Official Date: | January 1992 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Engineering | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Jones, Peter | ||||
Sponsors: | CAPES (Organization : Brazil) | ||||
Extent: | 2 volumes iv, 337 leaves : illustrations | ||||
Language: | eng |
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