Hybrid Simulation of Tracked Vehicle Suspension on Real-Time Environment

Abstract:

The work presents simulation method of dynamic properties used as assistance in the construction process of suspension systems for high-speed tracked vehicles. Special consideration has been given to the real-time coupling of virtual models with the dynamic response of actual elastic-damping elements of the vehicles. An original design method has been proposed. The method is characterized by the fact that each of the design stages are not performed sequentially, but are parallel to each other and that at each level, mutual coupling between the tasks of the design process occurs. The proposed simulation method using the dSpace system is based on the integration of virtual environment such as LMS Virtual Lab or MATLAB/Simulink with the actual object such as a damper, by means of dedicated input/output devices operating in real time. The method developed in the work allowed for an extension of the classic co-simulations, that is, simulations in two coupled virtual environments, to include an actual component or, rather – its dynamic – often non-linear – characteristic, its response to excitation. The method developed in the work allowed for an extension of the classic co-simulations, that is, simulations in two coupled virtual environments, to include an actual component or, rather – its dynamic – often non-linear – characteristic, its response to excitation.The developed test method and the computer programs have been verified by means of experimental measurements of the dynamic characteristics of the actual object during test-ground tests and in the laboratory. The obtained results of the simulations and experiments allow to confirm the validity of the assumed thesis, which has been included in the summary.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 248)
• Pages: 161-168
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.248.161
• Online since: March 2016
• Authors: Sławomir Kciuk*, Paweł Kielan, Arkadiusz Mężyk, Krzysztof Wilk
• Keywords: Hardware in the Loop, Hybrid Simulation, Real-Time Environment, Tracked Vehicle

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