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Viscoelastic Modeling of Automotive Bushing for Axial Mode

축방향 모드에 대한 자동차 부싱의 점탄성 모델링

  • Lee, Seong-Beom (School of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Inje University) ;
  • Lee, Su-Young (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School, Inje University)
  • 이성범 (인제대학교 기계자동차공학부) ;
  • 이수용 (인제대학교 대학원 기계공학과)
  • Published : 2004.09.30
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Abstract

A bushing is a device used in automotive suspension systems to reduce the load transmitted from the wheel to the frame of the vehicle. A bushing is a hollow cylinder, which is bonded to a solid steel shaft at its inner surface and a steel sleeve at its outer surface. The relation between the force applied to the shaft and the relative deformation of a bushing is nonlinear and exhibits features of viscoelasticity. Since a force-displacement relation for bushings is important for multibody dynamics numerical simulations, the relation is expressed in terms of a force relaxation function and a method of determination by experiments on bushings has been developed. For the nonlinear viscoelastic axial response, Pipkin-Rogers model, the direct relation of force and displacement, has been derived from experiment. It is shown that the predictions by the proposed force-displacement relation are in very good agreement with the experimental results.

자동차 부싱은 차체로 전달되는 하중을 줄여주는 역할을 하는 자동차 현가장치의 주요 부품으로 바깥쪽 슬리브와 안쪽의 축 사이에서 가운데가 비어있는 실린더의 형상을 가진다. 차축에 작용되는 하중과 부싱의 상대 변위는 비선형 점탄성 성질을 나타내며, 부싱에서 힘과 변위의 관계는 다물체 동역학 시뮬레이션에 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 실험을 바탕으로 하여, 자동차 부싱에 대한 힘과 변위의 비선형 점탄성 관계를 변위에 의존하는 힘 완화함수로 표현하여 이를 유도하는 방법을 개발하였으며, 완성된 비선형 점탄성 부싱 모델은 ??킨-라저스 모델로 명명하여 실험값과 비교하여 검증하였다.

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