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A Study on the Effect of the Toe Geometry on the Directional Stability of Mini-bus Vehicle (토우 궤적 변화에 의한 미니 버스 차량의 방향 안정성 연구)

  • 이희범;안찬우
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.160-165
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, We discuss the directional stability of a Mini-bus with varying suspension design parameters. We analyzed the vehicle behavior during the cornering in a transient steering condition. We made a vehicle model by use of DADS, which is dynamic analysis software, in order to carry out many cases of simulation with varying design parameters. The effect of toe-geometry change to vehicle stability is evaluated by computer simulation and the actual test. In order to reduce the under steer characteristics of a mini-bus, the amount of toe geometry change should be less than current value.

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A Study on the Evaluation and Improvement of Riding Comfort for Railway Vehicle (여객열차 승차감 평가 및 향상방안 연구)

  • You, Won-Hee;Choi, Kyung-Jin;Koh, Sung-Soon;Park, Kyu-Han
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06b
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    • pp.170-175
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    • 2001
  • The riding comfort problem for railway vehicles of conventional line becomes increasingly important under the influence of the opening of Kyungbu high-speed and high-grade railway in 2004. Meaning of the term "riding comfort" of passenger train varies widely. In a narrow sense, the riding comfort means the comfort related to the vehicle vibration. But in a broad sense, the riding comfort means the comfort related to the cabin temperature, noise, illumination, smell, air-conditioning, etc. In this study, the riding comfort in a broad sense is treated and the direction of research for improving the riding comfort is presented.

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STUDY ON RIDE QUALITY OF A HEAVY-DUTY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE WITH A NONLINEAR HYDROPNEUMATIC SPRING

  • SUN T.;YU F.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.483-489
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    • 2005
  • Based on a two-degree of freedom vehicle model, this paper investigates ride comfort for a heavy off-road vehicle mounted a nonlinear hydropneumatic spring, which is influenced by nonlinear stiffness and damping characteristics of the hydropneumatic spring. Especially, the damping force is derived by applying H. Blasius formula in modeling process according to the real physical structure of the hydropneumatic spring, and the established model of nonlinear stiffness characteristics have been validated by experiments. Furthermore, the effects of parameter variations of the hydropneumatic spring, such as initial charge pressure and damping coefficient, on body acceleration, suspension deflection and dynamic tire deflection are also investigated.

Development of Simulator for Performance Test of Electric Power Steering of Light Weight Vehicle (경차용 전동조향장치의 성능평가를 위한 시뮬레이터의 개발)

  • Hahn, Chang-Su;Rhee, Meung-Ho;Park, Ho;Oh, Jae-Eung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.923-929
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    • 2001
  • Steering system is most important for vehicle in safety and driving feel. However, testing using real car to improve steering feel is often difficult in aspect to repeatability, safety and money. Repeatability in testing steering system is very important because steering feel for driver is variable according to the environment condition. And steering testing of vehicle is so dangerous that driver may not concentrate in testing. In this paper, the steering system simulator using front part of steering and suspension system was developed. We can test the electric power steering system for the light weight vehicle using this simulator cheap, safely and repeatably.

A Study on Determination of Suspension Spring Coefficient of Electric UTV for Agricultural Use through Virtual Simulation (가상 시뮬레이션을 통한 농업용 전동 UTV의 서스펜션 스프링 계수 결정 연구)

  • Kim, Sang Cheol;Kim, Seong Hoon;Kim, Seung Wan
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2022
  • In order to respond to carbon neutrality and climate change in agriculture, agricultural machinery, which has been developed centered on internal combustion engines, needs to be converted to an electric-based technology that does not emit greenhouse gases. In this study, simulations for electric UTV suspension design were performed to reduce vibration and shock of electric UTV for agricultural use and to improve driving stability and control performance of the vehicle. The simulation was performed by dividing the tolerance load of the vehicle body and the loaded load state. The range of motion of the suspension spring of UTV is within 30% of the range of motion under condition B under tolerance, the displacement of the UTV suspension with full load is reduced from 264mm to 121mm, and the damping speed is 260mm/s to 300mm/s that it can be seen that the range of motion is within 60%. Suspension design of electric UTV for multi-purpose agricultural work is a very important factor for maintaining agricultural work ability in towing work such as tillage as well as driving and terrain adaptation. The results of this study can be usefully used to determine the spring parameters with the appropriate damping range so that the electric UTV can be used for various agricultural tasks.